alcantarilla
Spanish
Etymology
From alcántara + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /alkantaˈɾiʝa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /alkantaˈɾiʎa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /alkantaˈɾiʃa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /alkantaˈɾiʒa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.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: al‧can‧ta‧ri‧lla
Noun
alcantarilla f (plural alcantarillas)
- sewer
- Synonyms: alcantarillado, cloaca
- manhole
Derived terms
- alcantarillado
- alcantarillar
- alcantarillero
Verb
alcantarilla
- inflection of alcantarillar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “alcantarilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014