ahogadilla

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • aguadilla

Etymology

From ahogar (“to drown”) +‎ -ada (“action of”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /aoɡaˈdiʝa/ [a.o.ɣ̞aˈð̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /aoɡaˈdiʎa/ [a.o.ɣ̞aˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /aoɡaˈdiʃa/ [a.o.ɣ̞aˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /aoɡaˈdiʒa/ [a.o.ɣ̞aˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: a‧ho‧ga‧di‧lla

Noun

ahogadilla f (plural ahogadillas)

  1. (Spain) dunk (act of playfully submerging someone underwater while swimming)

Further reading

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