liguilla

Spanish

Etymology

liga +‎ -illa

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /liˈɡiʝa/ [liˈɣ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /liˈɡiʝa/ [liˈɣ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /liˈɡiʎa/ [liˈɣ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /liˈɡiʃa/ [liˈɣ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /liˈɡiʒa/ [liˈɣ̞i.ʒa]

Noun

liguilla f (plural liguillas)

1. small league, play-off competition

Further reading

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