rejilla
Spanish
Alternative forms
- regilla (obsolete)
Etymology
From reja (“grill”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈxiʝa/ [reˈxi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /reˈxiʎa/ [reˈxi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /reˈxiʃa/ [reˈxi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /reˈxiʒa/ [reˈxi.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: re‧ji‧lla
Noun
rejilla f (plural rejillas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rejilla”, 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