tonadilla

Spanish

Etymology

From tonada +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tonaˈdiʝa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tonaˈdiʝa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tonaˈdiʎa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tonaˈdiʃa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tonaˈdiʒa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: to‧na‧di‧lla

Noun

tonadilla f (plural tonadillas)

1. ditty, shanty, short song

Derived terms

• tonadillero

 

Further reading

• “tonadilla”, 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