cuello de botella
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkweʝo de boˈteʝa/ [ˌkwe.ʝo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˌkweʎo de boˈteʎa/ [ˌkwe.ʎo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˌkweʃo de boˈteʃa/ [ˌkwe.ʃo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌkweʒo de boˈteʒa/ [ˌkwe.ʒo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪e.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: cue‧llo de bo‧te‧lla
Noun
cuello de botella m (plural cuellos de botella)
Further reading
- “cuello de botella”, 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