almohadilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /almoaˈdiʝa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /almoaˈdiʝa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /almoaˈdiʎa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /almoaˈdiʃa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /almoaˈdiʒa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /almoaˈdia/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧di‧lla

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic المِخَدَّة (al-miḵadda)

Andalusian Arabic مُخَدَّة (muḵadda)bor.

Spanish almohada

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish almohadilla

From almohada (“pillow”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).

Noun

almohadilla f (plural almohadillas)

1. pincushion

   Synonym: acerico

2. inkpad
3. the hash, octothorpe, pound symbol (the character #)
4. seat cushion (to sit on)
5. (colloquial) toe bean (digital pad of a cat or dog's paw)

Derived terms

• almohadillar

Descendants

• → Tagalog: almowadilya

Etymology 2

Verb

almohadilla

1. inflection of almohadillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “almohadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025