cuestecilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cuesta +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwesteˈθiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈθi.ʝa] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /kwesteˈθiʎa/ [kwes.t̪eˈθi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʎa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʃa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʒa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.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: cues‧te‧ci‧lla

Noun

cuestecilla f (plural cuestecillas)

diminutive of cuesta
- 2015 October 8, “De copas con Sancho Panza”, in El País‎^[1]:
  Cal y callejas, cuestecillas limpias.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)