horquilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾˈkiʝa/ [oɾˈki.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /oɾˈkiʎa/ [oɾˈki.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /oɾˈkiʃa/ [oɾˈki.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /oɾˈkiʒa/ [oɾˈki.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: hor‧qui‧lla
Noun
horquilla f (plural horquillas)
- hairpin, hairpin turn
- (cycling) fork
- garden fork, pitchfork
- telephone cradle
- (nautical) rowlock, oarlock
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: forquilha
Further reading
- “horquilla”, 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