villaje

Spanish

Etymology

From villa +‎ -aje.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biˈʝaxe/ [biˈʝa.xe]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝaxe/ [biˈʝa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /biˈʎaxe/ [biˈʎa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃaxe/ [biˈʃa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒaxe/ [biˈʒa.xe]

• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: vi‧lla‧je

Noun

villaje m (plural villajes)

1. small village, hamlet

   Hay un villaje encantador cerca de la montaña.

   There's a charming little village near the mountain.

Further reading

• “villaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28