casilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈsiʝa/ [kaˈsi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaˈsiʎa/ [kaˈsi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaˈsiʃa/ [kaˈsi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaˈsiʒa/ [kaˈsi.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: ca‧si‧lla
Noun
casilla f (plural casillas)
- box (small area on a document for a tick mark)
- pigeonhole
- text box
- cabin
- (board games) square
- ballot box
- Synonym: urna
- (Rioplatense) A shelter one would find in a homeless encampment.
- (Rioplatense) doghouse
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Argentina) trailer, caravan
- Synonym: casa rodante
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Bikol Central: kasilyas (“toilet bowl”)
- → Cebuano: kasilyas (“toilet”)
- Chavacano: casillas (“toilet”)
- → Sambali: kasilyas (“toilet”)
Further reading
- “casilla”, 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