cancilla
See also: Cancilla
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cancellus (“grate; barrier”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanˈsiʝa/ [kãnˈsi.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kanˈsiʎa/ [kãnˈsi.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- 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: can‧ci‧lla
Noun
cancilla f (plural cancillas)
Further reading
- “cancilla”, 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