silleta

Spanish

Etymology

From silla +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝeta/ [siˈʝe.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /siˈʝeta/ [siˈʝe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /siˈʎeta/ [siˈʎe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /siˈʃeta/ [siˈʃe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /siˈʒeta/ [siˈʒe.t̪a]

• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: si‧lle‧ta

Noun

silleta f (plural silletas)

1. bedpan
2. a kind of millstone for making chocolate

Derived terms

• silletazo

 

Further reading

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