asperilla

Spanish

Etymology

From áspera +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix), from Latin asper.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aspeˈɾiʝa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /aspeˈɾiʝa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /aspeˈɾiʎa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /aspeˈɾiʃa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aspeˈɾiʒa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: as‧pe‧ri‧lla

Noun

asperilla f (plural asperillas)

1. woodruff

Further reading

• “asperilla”, 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