mentirilla

Spanish

Etymology

From mentira +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mentiˈɾiʝa/ [mẽn̪.t̪iˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /mentiˈɾiʝa/ [mẽn̪.t̪iˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /mentiˈɾiʎa/ [mẽn̪.t̪iˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /mentiˈɾiʃa/ [mẽn̪.t̪iˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /mentiˈɾiʒa/ [mẽn̪.t̪iˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: men‧ti‧ri‧lla

Noun

mentirilla f (plural mentirillas)

1. diminutive of mentira; white lie