liguilla

Spanish

Etymology

From liga +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /liˈɡiʝa/ [liˈɣ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /liˈɡiʝa/ [liˈɣ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /liˈɡiʎa/ [liˈɣ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /liˈɡiʃa/ [liˈɣ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /liˈɡiʒa/ [liˈɣ̞i.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: li‧gui‧lla

Noun

liguilla f (plural liguillas)

1. small league, play-off competition (like the group stage of the Champions League)

Further reading

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