rodilla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish rodiella, from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /roˈdiʝa/ [roˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /roˈdiʝa/ [roˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /roˈdiʎa/ [roˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /roˈdiʃa/ [roˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /roˈdiʒa/ [roˈð̞i.ʒa]

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• 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: ro‧di‧lla

Noun

rodilla f (plural rodillas)

1. knee (joint or region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank)

   Synonym: (formal) hinojo

Derived terms

• a media rodilla
• arrodillar
• de rodillas
• rodilla en tierra

 

Related terms

• rodillo
• rueda

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: rodilha

Further reading

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