ventanilla

Spanish

Etymology

From ventana (“window”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bentaˈniʝa/ [bẽn̪.t̪aˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bentaˈniʝa/ [bẽn̪.t̪aˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /bentaˈniʎa/ [bẽn̪.t̪aˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bentaˈniʃa/ [bẽn̪.t̪aˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bentaˈniʒa/ [bẽn̪.t̪aˈni.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: ven‧ta‧ni‧lla

Noun

ventanilla f (plural ventanillas)

1. Diminutive of ventana; small window
2. window of a vehicle, porthole
3. ticket window

   Synonym: taquilla

4. envelope window
5. (anatomy) nostril

   Synonym: fosa nasal

Further reading

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