almohadilla
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧di‧lla
Etymology 1 edit
From almohada (“pillow”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
almohadilla f (plural almohadillas)
- pincushion
- Synonym: acerico
- inkpad
- the hash, octothorpe, pound symbol (the character #)
- seat cushion (to sit on)
- (colloquial) toe bean (digital pad of a cat or dog's paw)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: almohadilya
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
almohadilla
- inflection of almohadillar:
Further reading edit
- “almohadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014