lavavajillas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) +‎ vajillas (“dishes”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lababaˈxiʝas/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʝas]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /lababaˈxiʝas/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʝas]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /lababaˈxiʎas/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʎas]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /lababaˈxiʃas/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʃas]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /lababaˈxiʒas/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʒas]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝas

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝas
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎas
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃas
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒas

• Syllabification: la‧va‧va‧ji‧llas

Noun

lavavajillas m (plural lavavajillas)

1. dish detergent
2. dishwasher

   Synonyms: lavaplatos, (Argentina) lavavajilla

3. plural of lavavajilla

Further reading

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