vaquilla
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish vaquiella, from vaca (“cow”). Analyzable as vaca (“cow”) + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈkiʝa/ [baˈki.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /baˈkiʎa/ [baˈki.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /baˈkiʃa/ [baˈki.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /baˈkiʒa/ [baˈki.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: va‧qui‧lla
Noun
vaquilla f (plural vaquillas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “vaquilla”, 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