cuestecilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cuesta +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kwesteˈθiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kwesteˈθiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kwesteˈθiʎa/ [kwes.t̪eˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kwesteˈsiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kwesteˈsiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /kwesteˈsiʎa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kwesteˈsiʃa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kwesteˈsiʒa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.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: cues‧te‧ci‧lla

Noun

cuestecilla f (plural cuestecillas)

1. Diminutive of cuesta
   • 2015 October 8, “De copas con Sancho Panza”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Cal y callejas, cuestecillas limpias.

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