gargantilla

Spanish

Etymology

From garganta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾɡanˈtiʝa/ [ɡaɾ.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaɾɡanˈtiʝa/ [ɡaɾ.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaɾɡanˈtiʎa/ [ɡaɾ.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaɾɡanˈtiʃa/ [ɡaɾ.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaɾɡanˈtiʒa/ [ɡaɾ.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪i.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‧gan‧ti‧lla

Noun

gargantilla f (plural gargantillas)

1. choker (necklace)
   • 2015 July 18, “Las joyas dulces de Natalia Granada”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La seda de India es la materia prima de las gargantillas de la serie Flor salvaje formadas por cordones cosidos a mano y rematados con botones antiguos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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