navecilla

Spanish

Etymology

From nave +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /nabeˈθiʝa/ [na.β̞eˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /nabeˈθiʝa/ [na.β̞eˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /nabeˈθiʎa/ [na.β̞eˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /nabeˈsiʝa/ [na.β̞eˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /nabeˈsiʝa/ [na.β̞eˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /nabeˈsiʎa/ [na.β̞eˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /nabeˈsiʃa/ [na.β̞eˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /nabeˈsiʒa/ [na.β̞eˈsi.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: na‧ve‧ci‧lla

Noun

navecilla f (plural navecillas)

1. Diminutive of nave

Further reading

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