barbilla

Finnish

Noun

barbilla

1. adessive singular of barbi

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂

Proto-Italic *farðā

Latin barba

Spanish barba

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish barbilla

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbiʝa/ [baɾˈβ̞i.ʝa]

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

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• 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: bar‧bi‧lla

Noun

barbilla f (plural barbillas)

1. chin

   Synonym: mentón

2. wattle (of bird)

   Synonym: papada

3. (sports) pull-up

   Synonym: dominada

Derived terms

• barbilla partida

Further reading

• “barbilla”, 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