cajetilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cajeta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaxeˈtiʝa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaxeˈtiʝa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaxeˈtiʎa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaxeˈtiʃa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaxeˈtiʒa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.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: ca‧je‧ti‧lla

Noun

cajetilla f (plural cajetillas)

1. Diminutive of caja, a small box, especially a cigarette box

Further reading

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