gargantilla
Spanish
Etymology
garganta + -illa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaɾɡanˈtiʝa/ [ɡaɾ.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaɾɡanˈtiʎa/ [ɡaɾ.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪i.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaɾɡanˈtiʃa/ [ɡaɾ.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪i.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaɾɡanˈtiʒa/ [ɡaɾ.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪i.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: gar‧gan‧ti‧lla
Noun
gargantilla f (plural gargantillas)
- choker (necklace)
- 2015 July 18, “Las joyas dulces de Natalia Granada”, in El País:
- La seda de India es la materia prima de las gargantillas de la serie Flor salvaje formadas por cordones cosidos a mano y rematados con botones antiguos.
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Further reading
- “gargantillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014