vajilla

Spanish

Alternative forms

• baxilla (obsolete)
• vagilla (obsolete)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Aragonese vaxiella, with the /-jeʎa/ equated to Castilian /-iʎa/ (cf. Aragonese castiello: Spanish castillo). From Late Latin vāscella, plural of vāscellum, a diminutive based ultimately on Classical Latin vās (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baˈxiʝa/ [baˈxi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baˈxiʝa/ [baˈxi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /baˈxiʎa/ [baˈxi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baˈxiʃa/ [baˈxi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baˈxiʒa/ [baˈxi.ʒa]

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• 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: va‧ji‧lla

Noun

vajilla f (plural vajillas)

1. dishes, dishware

   Synonym: loza

Derived terms

• lavavajillas

 

Descendants

• → Galician: vaixela
• → Portuguese: baixela

Further reading

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