mezclilla

Spanish

Etymology

A diminutive of mezcla (“mix”), from mezcla +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meθˈkliʝa/ [meθˈkli.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /meθˈkliʝa/ [meθˈkli.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /meθˈkliʎa/ [meθˈkli.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /mesˈkliʝa/ [mesˈkli.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /mesˈkliʝa/ [mesˈkli.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /mesˈkliʎa/ [mesˈkli.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /mesˈkliʃa/ [mesˈkli.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /mesˈkliʒa/ [mesˈkli.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: mez‧cli‧lla

Noun

mezclilla f (plural mezclillas)

1. denim
2. Diminutive of mezcla

Further reading

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