lagrimilla

Spanish

Etymology

From lágrima +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laɡɾiˈmiʝa/ [la.ɣ̞ɾiˈmi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /laɡɾiˈmiʝa/ [la.ɣ̞ɾiˈmi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /laɡɾiˈmiʎa/ [la.ɣ̞ɾiˈmi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /laɡɾiˈmiʃa/ [la.ɣ̞ɾiˈmi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /laɡɾiˈmiʒa/ [la.ɣ̞ɾiˈmi.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‧gri‧mi‧lla

Noun

lagrimilla f (plural lagrimillas)

1. Diminutive of lágrima
   • 2015 October 31, “La revolución de los robots despertará en Detroit”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El corto es de echar lagrimilla o de gastarse dos paquetes de klinex, como podéis ver en el vídeo de arriba.

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