comillas simples
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˌmiʝas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʝas ˈsĩm.ples] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /koˌmiʎas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʎas ˈsĩm.ples] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /koˌmiʃas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʃas ˈsĩm.ples] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /koˌmiʒas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʒas ˈsĩm.ples] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: co‧mi‧llas sim‧ples
Noun
comillas simples f pl (plural only)
- single quotation marks (of the kind like ‘ ’)
Further reading
- “comillas simples”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025