figurilla

Spanish

Etymology

From figura +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /fiɡuˈɾiʝa/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /fiɡuˈɾiʎa/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /fiɡuˈɾiʃa/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /fiɡuˈɾiʒa/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ri‧lla

Noun

figurilla f (plural figurillas)

  1. diminutive of figura
    • 2015 September 18, “Batalla por el futuro de los videojuegos”, in El País‎[1]:
      Aquí y allá, unas figurillas manga conviven con los monstruos tentaculares que imaginó el maestro del horror literario H. P. Lovecraft.
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