rencilla
Spanish
Etymology
Vulgar Latin *ringella, ringī.
reñir + -cilla
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /renˈθiʝa/ [rẽn̟ˈθi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /renˈθiʎa/ [rẽn̟ˈθi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /renˈsiʝa/ [rẽnˈsi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /renˈsiʎa/ [rẽnˈsi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /renˈsiʃa/ [rẽnˈsi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /renˈsiʒa/ [rẽnˈsi.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: ren‧ci‧lla
Noun
rencilla f (plural rencillas)
- quarrel, row
- tit for tat
Related terms
- reñir
Further reading
- “rencilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014