espiguilla

Spanish

Etymology

From espiga +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /espiˈɡiʝa/ [es.piˈɣ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /espiˈɡiʝa/ [es.piˈɣ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /espiˈɡiʎa/ [es.piˈɣ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /espiˈɡiʃa/ [es.piˈɣ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /espiˈɡiʒa/ [es.piˈɣ̞i.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: es‧pi‧gui‧lla

Noun

espiguilla f (plural espiguillas)

1. Diminutive of espiga
2. herringbone pattern
3. annual meadow grass (Poa annua)

Further reading

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