barbilla

Spanish

Etymology

From barba (“beard”) +‎ -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbiʝa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baɾˈbiʝa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /baɾˈbiʎa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baɾˈbiʃa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baɾˈbiʒa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.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: bar‧bi‧lla

Noun

barbilla f (plural barbillas)

1. chin

   Synonym: mentón

2. wattle (of bird)
3. (sports) pull-up

Derived terms

• barbilla partida

 

Further reading

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