botella

Aragonese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈteʎa/
• Rhymes: -eʎa
• Syllabification: bo‧te‧lla

Noun

botella f (plural botellas)

1. bottle

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “botella”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Noun

botella f (plural botelles)

1. bottle

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *butticula. The sense of "bottle" is a semantic loan of French bouteille via Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈte.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈte.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [boˈte.ʎa]

Noun

botella f (plural botelles)

1. wineskin
2. bottle

   Synonym: ampolla

3. flask
4. type of bagpipes

   Synonyms: sac de gemecs, cornamusa

Further reading

• “botella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• botelha (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈtɛʎɐ/

Noun

botella f (plural botellas)

1. bottle

   Synonyms: limeta, libeta

   864 Malos demonios as leven unha botella sin viño , unha caixa sin tabaco e unha ola sin touciño.

   864 Evil demons take a bottle without wine, a box without tobacco and a bowl without bacon.

Further reading

• “botella” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

botella

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask, barrel”). Doublet of botija. Cognate with English bottle.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /boˈteʝa/ [boˈt̪e.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /boˈteʝa/ [boˈt̪e.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /boˈteʎa/ [boˈt̪e.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /boˈteʃa/ [boˈt̪e.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /boˈteʒa/ [boˈt̪e.ʒa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒa

• Syllabification: bo‧te‧lla

Noun

botella f (plural botellas)

1. bottle
2. tank (closed container for liquids or gases)

Derived terms

• abrebotellas m (“bottle opener”)
• blanca y en botella, leche
• botellazo m (“hit with a bottle”)
• botellero m (“crate”)
• botellín m (“(small) bottle; flask”)
• botellón m (“street binge drinking”)
• botillería f (“bottle shop, beverage store”)
• cuello de botella m (“bottleneck”)
• delfín nariz de botella
• embotellar (“to bottle”)

 

Related terms

• bota
• boto

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: botelya
  • ⇒ Bikol Central: bote
• → Cebuano: botelya
• → Tagalog: botelya (dated)
  • Tagalog: bote
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: botieya
• → Taos: butéyoną (+ -ną)
• → Yatzachi Zapotec: botey
• → Yogad: butelya
• → Yurok: poteya

Further reading

• “botella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• bellota