ampolleta
Spanish
Etymology
From ampolla + -eta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ampoˈʝeta/ [ãm.poˈʝe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ampoˈʎeta/ [ãm.poˈʎe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ampoˈʃeta/ [ãm.poˈʃe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ampoˈʒeta/ [ãm.poˈʒe.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: am‧po‧lle‧ta
Noun
ampolleta f (plural ampolletas)
- hourglass
- Synonym: reloj de arena
- (Chile) light bulb
- Synonyms: bombilla, bombillo, foco
- (Mexico, Venezuela) ampoule
- Synonym: ampolla
Descendants
- → Portuguese: ampulheta
Further reading
- “ampolleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014