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

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• 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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28