tobillera

Spanish

Etymology

From tobillo +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tobiˈʝeɾa/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʝe.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tobiˈʝeɾa/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʝe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tobiˈʎeɾa/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʎe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tobiˈʃeɾa/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʃe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tobiˈʒeɾa/ [t̪o.β̞iˈʒe.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: to‧bi‧lle‧ra

Noun

tobillera f (plural tobilleras)

1. ankle brace
   • 2015 December, “Los mitos más frecuentes sobre el esguince de tobillo”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     Si se trata de esguinces grado 1 o grado 2 "se utilizan métodos de inmovilización parcial, con el uso de tobilleras o botas especiales que le permiten a la persona conservar la movilidad en extensión y en flexión, y por lo tanto va a caminar sin la posibilidad de torcerse el tobillo"

     If it is a grade 1 or grade 2 sprain then "partial immobilixation methods are used, by means of ankle braces or special boots that allow the person to conserve their mobility while extended or bent, and as a result they will walk without the possibility of twisting their ankle"

2. anklet

Adjective

tobillera f

1. feminine singular of tobillero

Further reading

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