sextilla

Spanish

Noun

sextilla f (plural sextillas)

1. (poetry) a poem of six lines, generally with eight syllables per line

See also

• arte menor
• cuarteta
• cuartilla
• métrica
• octavilla
• quintilla
• tercetillo

Further reading

• “sextilla”, 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