asperilla

Spanish

Etymology

From áspera +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix), from Latin asper.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aspeˈɾiʝa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aspeˈɾiʝa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aspeˈɾiʎa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aspeˈɾiʃa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aspeˈɾiʒa/ [as.peˈɾi.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: as‧pe‧ri‧lla

Noun

asperilla f (plural asperillas)

1. woodruff

Further reading

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