anilla
See also: anillá
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈniʝa/ [aˈni.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aˈniʎa/ [aˈni.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /aˈniʃa/ [aˈni.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aˈniʒa/ [aˈni.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: a‧ni‧lla
Etymology 1
From anillo (“ring”).
Noun
anilla 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
Descendants
- → Portuguese: anilha
Etymology 2
Verb
anilla
- inflection of anillar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “anilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024