varillaje

Spanish

Etymology

From varilla +‎ -aje.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baɾiˈʝaxe/ [ba.ɾiˈʝa.xe]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baɾiˈʝaxe/ [ba.ɾiˈʝa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /baɾiˈʎaxe/ [ba.ɾiˈʎa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baɾiˈʃaxe/ [ba.ɾiˈʃa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baɾiˈʒaxe/ [ba.ɾiˈʒa.xe]

• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: va‧ri‧lla‧je

Noun

varillaje m (plural varillajes)

1. (set of) spokes (of an object, e.g. a fan, whisk, umbrella)

Further reading

• “varillaje”, 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