callejuela

Spanish

Etymology

From calleja +‎ -uela.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaʝeˈxwela/ [ka.ʝeˈxwe.la]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaʝeˈxwela/ [ka.ʝeˈxwe.la]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaʎeˈxwela/ [ka.ʎeˈxwe.la]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaʃeˈxwela/ [ka.ʃeˈxwe.la]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaʒeˈxwela/ [ka.ʒeˈxwe.la]

• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ca‧lle‧jue‧la

Noun

callejuela f (plural callejuelas)

1. alley
2. (small) passage, passageway

Further reading

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