rodilla
Spanish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Spanish rodiella, from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iʝa
- IPA(key): /roˈdiʝa/ [roˈð̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /roˈdiʎa/ [roˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /roˈdiʃa/ [roˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /roˈdiʒa/ [roˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
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- 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: ro‧di‧lla
Noun
rodilla f (plural rodillas)
- knee (joint or region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank)
- Synonym: (formal) hinojo
Derived terms
- a media rodilla
- arrodillar
- de rodillas
- rodilla en tierra
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Descendants
Further reading
- “rodilla”, 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