gravilla

Spanish

gravilla

Etymology

From grava +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈbiʝa/ [ɡɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡɾaˈbiʝa/ [ɡɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡɾaˈbiʎa/ [ɡɾaˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡɾaˈbiʃa/ [ɡɾaˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡɾaˈbiʒa/ [ɡɾaˈβ̞i.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: gra‧vi‧lla

Noun

gravilla f (plural gravillas)

1. gravel (small fragments of rock)
2. fine gravel (small fragments of rock)

Further reading

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