astilla

See also: astillá

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /asˈtiʝa/ [asˈt̪i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /asˈtiʎa/ [asˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /asˈtiʃa/ [asˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /asˈtiʒa/ [asˈt̪i.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: as‧ti‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin astella, from astla, from Latin assula.

Noun

astilla f (plural astillas)

splinter
(usually in the plural) kindling

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

astilla

inflection of astillar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“astilla”, 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