armella

Spanish

Alternative forms

• armilla, armila

Etymology

Inherited from Latin armilla (“bracelet, metal hoop”), from armus. The variant form armila was a borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmeʝa/ [aɾˈme.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aɾˈmeʝa/ [aɾˈme.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aɾˈmeʎa/ [aɾˈme.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɾˈmeʃa/ [aɾˈme.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾˈmeʒa/ [aɾˈme.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒa

• Syllabification: ar‧me‧lla

Noun

armella f (plural armellas)

1. eyebolt
2. (dated) a bracelet

Related terms

• armilar

 

Further reading

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