calabacilla
Spanish
Etymology
calabaza + -illa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /kalabaˈθiʝa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈθi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /kalabaˈθiʎa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈθi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /kalabaˈsiʝa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /kalabaˈsiʎa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kalabaˈsiʃa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kalabaˈsiʒa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.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: ca‧la‧ba‧ci‧lla
Noun
calabacilla f (plural calabacillas)
- Diminutive of calabaza
- A plant, Aristolochia paucinervis
- A plant, Coronilla scorpioides
Further reading
- “calabacilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014