almilla

Spanish

Etymology

From alma (“soul”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /alˈmiʝa/ [alˈmi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /alˈmiʝa/ [alˈmi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /alˈmiʎa/ [alˈmi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /alˈmiʃa/ [alˈmi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /alˈmiʒa/ [alˈmi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: al‧mi‧lla

Noun

almilla f (plural almillas)

1. Diminutive of alma
2. (clothing) waistcoat

   Synonym: jubón

3. (carpentry) Synonym of espiga

Descendants

• → Catalan: armilla

Further reading

• “almilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014