barbilla

Spanish

Etymology

From barba (“beard”) +‎ -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbiʝa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbiʝa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbiʎa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbiʃa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbiʒa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• 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: bar‧bi‧lla

Noun

barbilla f (plural barbillas)

1. chin

   Synonym: mentón

2. wattle (of bird)

   Synonym: papada

3. (sports) pull-up

Derived terms

• barbilla partida

Further reading

• “barbilla”, 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