rayuela

Spanish

Etymology

From raya (“line”) +‎ -uela (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /raˈʝwela/ [raˈʝwe.la]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /raˈʝwela/ [raˈʝwe.la]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /raˈʃwela/ [raˈʃwe.la]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /raˈʒwela/ [raˈʒwe.la]

• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ra‧yue‧la

Noun

rayuela f (plural rayuelas)

1. (playground games) hopscotch (a children's game)

Further reading

• “rayuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• rayuela (juego) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es