tablilla

Spanish

Etymology

From tabla +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taˈbliʝa/ [t̪aˈβ̞li.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /taˈbliʝa/ [t̪aˈβ̞li.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /taˈbliʎa/ [t̪aˈβ̞li.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /taˈbliʃa/ [t̪aˈβ̞li.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /taˈbliʒa/ [t̪aˈβ̞li.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: ta‧bli‧lla

Noun

tablilla f (plural tablillas)

1. Diminutive of tabla; small board

   Synonym: tablita

2. tablet
3. (medicine) splint
4. (Puerto Rico) license plate

   Synonym: matrícula

Derived terms

• entablillar

 

Further reading

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