presilla

Spanish

Etymology

From presa +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈsiʝa/ [pɾeˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pɾeˈsiʝa/ [pɾeˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pɾeˈsiʎa/ [pɾeˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pɾeˈsiʃa/ [pɾeˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pɾeˈsiʒa/ [pɾeˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: pre‧si‧lla

Noun

presilla f (plural presillas)

1. diminutive of presa

Descendants

• → Portuguese: presilha

Further reading

• “presilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10