lavavajilla

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) +‎ vajilla (“dishware”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lababaˈxiʝa/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /lababaˈxiʝa/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /lababaˈxiʎa/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /lababaˈxiʃa/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /lababaˈxiʒa/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.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: la‧va‧va‧ji‧lla

Noun

lavavajilla m (plural lavavajillas)

1. (Argentina) dishwasher

   Synonyms: lavaplatos, lavavajillas

Further reading

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