subilla
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, from Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”), from Proto-Indo-European *syuHdʰleh₂, from *syewH- (“sew”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈbiʝa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /suˈbiʎa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /suˈbiʃa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /suˈbiʒa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: su‧bi‧lla
Noun
subilla f (plural subillas)
Further reading
- “subilla”, 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