barandilla

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish baranda

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish barandilla

From baranda + -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baɾanˈdiʝa/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /baɾanˈdiʝa/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baɾanˈdiʎa/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /baɾanˈdiʃa/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /baɾanˈdiʒa/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /baɾanˈdia/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ba‧ran‧di‧lla

Noun

barandilla f (plural barandillas)

1. handrail, banister (the handrail on the side of a staircase)

   Synonyms: baranda, barandal

2. (Mexico) detention centre; jailhouse

See also

• pasamanos

Further reading

• “barandilla”, 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