quisquilla
Spanish
Etymology
Derived from Latin quisquilia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kisˈkiʝa/ [kisˈki.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kisˈkiʎa/ [kisˈki.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kisˈkiʃa/ [kisˈki.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kisˈkiʒa/ [kisˈki.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: quis‧qui‧lla
Noun
quisquilla f (plural quisquillas)
- shrimp
- trivial things
Related terms
Further reading
- “quisquilla”, 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