cerillita

Spanish

Etymology

From cerilla +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾiˈʝita/ [θe.ɾiˈʝi.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeɾiˈʝita/ [θe.ɾiˈʝi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeɾiˈʎita/ [θe.ɾiˈʎi.t̪a]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾiˈʝita/ [se.ɾiˈʝi.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seɾiˈʝita/ [se.ɾiˈʝi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /seɾiˈʎita/ [se.ɾiˈʎi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seɾiˈʃita/ [se.ɾiˈʃi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seɾiˈʒita/ [se.ɾiˈʒi.t̪a]

• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ce‧ri‧lli‧ta

Noun

cerillita f (plural cerillitas)

1. Diminutive of cerilla; small match
   • 2015 December, “La niña de los fósforos (cuento de Navidad)”, in Prensa Libre‎^[1]:

     Cuánto placer le causaría calentarse con una cerillita!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)