servilleta
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French serviette. Reinterpreted as a double diminutive servir + -illa + -eta.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /seɾbiˈʝeta/ [seɾ.β̞iˈʝe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /seɾbiˈʎeta/ [seɾ.β̞iˈʎe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seɾbiˈʃeta/ [seɾ.β̞iˈʃe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seɾbiˈʒeta/ [seɾ.β̞iˈʒe.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: ser‧vi‧lle‧ta
Noun
editservilleta f (plural servilletas)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “servilleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014