babilla

French

Verb

babilla

1. third-person singular past historic of babiller

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of baba by association with synovial fluid.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baˈbiʝa/ [baˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /baˈbiʝa/ [baˈβ̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /baˈbiʎa/ [baˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /baˈbiʃa/ [baˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /baˈbiʒa/ [baˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (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: ba‧bi‧lla

Noun

babilla f (plural babillas)

1. the stifle, or hind knee, of a quadruped
2. (Colombia) spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus)

Further reading

• “babilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10