horquilla
Spanish
Etymology
From horca + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾˈkiʝa/ [oɾˈki.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oɾˈkiʎa/ [oɾˈki.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾˈkiʃa/ [oɾˈki.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾˈkiʒa/ [oɾˈki.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: hor‧qui‧lla
Noun
horquilla f (plural horquillas)
- hairpin, hairpin turn
- (cycling) fork
- garden fork, pitchfork
- telephone cradle
- (nautical) rowlock, oarlock
Derived terms
- ahorquillar
- grúa horquilla
- horquilla temporal
- horquetilla
Further reading
- “horquilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014