antigualla

Spanish

Etymology

From antiguo +‎ -alla, after Italian anticaglia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /antiˈɡwaʝa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /antiˈɡwaʝa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /antiˈɡwaʎa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /antiˈɡwaʃa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /antiˈɡwaʒa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: an‧ti‧gua‧lla

Noun

antigualla f (plural antiguallas)

1. (derogatory) old thing, old piece of junk

Further reading

• “antigualla”, 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