hendija
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *findicula, from Latin findō (“to cleave, to split, to divide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enˈdixa/ [ẽn̪ˈd̪i.xa]
- Rhymes: -ixa
- Syllabification: hen‧di‧ja
Noun
hendija f (plural hendijas)
- small groove, slit or other indentation
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Further reading
- “hendija”, 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