trompetilla

Spanish

Etymology

From trompeta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɾompeˈtiʝa/ [t̪ɾõm.peˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾompeˈtiʝa/ [t̪ɾõm.peˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tɾompeˈtiʎa/ [t̪ɾõm.peˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾompeˈtiʃa/ [t̪ɾõm.peˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾompeˈtiʒa/ [t̪ɾõm.peˈt̪i.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: trom‧pe‧ti‧lla

Noun

trompetilla f (plural trompetillas)

1. Diminutive of trompeta
2. ear trumpet
3. firecracker bush, Bouvardia ternifolia

Derived terms

• trompetilla negra

 

Further reading

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