horquilla

Spanish

Etymology

From horca +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈkiʝa/ [oɾˈki.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾˈkiʝa/ [oɾˈki.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /oɾˈkiʎa/ [oɾˈki.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾˈkiʃa/ [oɾˈki.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾˈkiʒa/ [oɾˈki.ʒa]

Noun

horquilla f (plural horquillas)

1. hairpin, hairpin turn
2. (cycling) fork
3. garden fork, pitchfork
4. telephone cradle
5. (nautical) rowlock, oarlock

Derived terms

• ahorquillar
• grúa horquilla
• horquilla temporal
• horquetilla

Further reading

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