anilla
See also: anillá
Spanish
Etymology
From anillo (“ring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aˈniʝa/ [aˈni.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aˈniʎa/ [aˈni.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈniʃa/ [aˈni.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈniʒa/ [aˈni.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: a‧ni‧lla
Noun
anilla m or f (plural anillas)
- ring
- anilla de cortain ― curtain ring
- anilla de aves ― bird ring
- ring-pull
- (gymnastics, usually in the plural) ring
Usage notes
The difference between anillo and anilla: both translate as ring in English. Anillo is for the jewellery, also the planetary ring, ring on a tree, bullfighting ring, building in a circular shape, geometrical ring, among others. Anilla may refer to a curtain ring, ring on a shoe, a ring onto which to tie a rope, a ring put round a bird's foot for tracking (also known as anillo), a gymnastic ring, among others.
Derived terms
- anillar
- anillamiento
Verb
anilla
- inflection of anillar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “anilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014