alcantarilla
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /alkantaˈɾiʝa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /alkantaˈɾiʎa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /alkantaˈɾiʃa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /alkantaˈɾiʒa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʒa]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
- Syllabification: al‧can‧ta‧ri‧lla
Etymology 1 edit
From alcántara + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
alcantarilla f (plural alcantarillas)
- sewer
- Synonyms: alcantarillado, cloaca
- manhole
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
alcantarilla
- inflection of alcantarillar:
Further reading edit
- “alcantarilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014