anilla

See also: anillá

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈniʝa/ [aˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aˈniʝa/ [aˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aˈniʎa/ [aˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈniʃa/ [aˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈniʒa/ [aˈni.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: a‧ni‧lla

Etymology 1

From anillo (“ring”).

Noun

anilla f (plural anillas)

1. ring

   anilla de cortain ― curtain ring

   anilla de aves ― bird ring

2. ring-pull
3. (gymnastics, usually in the plural) ring

Usage notes

• The difference between anillo and anilla: both translate as ring in English. anillo is for the jewellery, also the planetary ring, ring on a tree, bullfighting ring, building in a circular shape, geometrical ring, among others. anilla may refer to a curtain ring, ring on a shoe, a ring onto which to tie a rope, a ring put round a bird's foot for tracking (also known as anillo), a gymnastic ring, among others.

Derived terms

• anillamiento
• anillar

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: anilha

Etymology 2

Verb

anilla

1. inflection of anillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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