garcilla

Spanish

Etymology

From garza +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaɾˈθiʝa/ [ɡaɾˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /ɡaɾˈθiʝa/ [ɡaɾˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /ɡaɾˈθiʎa/ [ɡaɾˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡaɾˈsiʝa/ [ɡaɾˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /ɡaɾˈsiʝa/ [ɡaɾˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /ɡaɾˈsiʎa/ [ɡaɾˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaɾˈsiʃa/ [ɡaɾˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaɾˈsiʒa/ [ɡaɾˈsi.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: gar‧ci‧lla

Noun

garcilla f (plural garcillas)

1. any of a number of species of heron or egret

Derived terms

• garcilla bueyera (“Bubulcus ibis”)
• garcilla cangrejera (“Ardeola ralloides”)
• garcilla china (“Ardeola bacchus”)
• garcilla india (“Ardeola grayii”)
• garcilla malgache (“Ardeola idae”)
• garcilla peinada (“Pilherodius pileatus”)
• garcilla indonesia (“Ardeola speciosa”)
• garcilla ventrirroja (“Ardeola rufiventris”)

Further reading

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