ampolla

See also: ampollá

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ampulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əmˈpu.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əmˈpo.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [amˈpo.ʎa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

ampolla f (plural ampolles)

1. bottle

   Synonym: botella

Derived terms

• bufar i fer ampolles
• obreampolles

Further reading

• “ampolla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ampolla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ampolla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ampolla”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ampulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈpol.la/
• Rhymes: -olla
• Hyphenation: am‧pól‧la

Noun

ampolla f (plural ampolle)

1. cruet
2. ampulla
3. bulb (e.g. a light bulb)

Derived terms

• ampollina
• ampollétta

Further reading

• ampolla in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• ampolla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• palmola

Portuguese

Noun

ampolla f (plural ampollas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ampola

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /amˈpoʝa/ [ãmˈpo.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /amˈpoʝa/ [ãmˈpo.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /amˈpoʎa/ [ãmˈpo.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /amˈpoʃa/ [ãmˈpo.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /amˈpoʒa/ [ãmˈpo.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /amˈpoja/ [ãmˈpo.ja] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -oʝa

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

• Syllabification: am‧po‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ampulla, perhaps the diminutive of ampora, variant of amphora. Doublet of ámpula.

Noun

ampolla f (plural ampollas)

1. blister
2. small bottle
3. ampoule

Derived terms

• ampollar
• ampolleta

Related terms

• ámpula
• ampuloso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ampolla

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

Further reading

• “ampolla”, 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