bovedilla

Spanish

Etymology

From bóveda +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bobeˈdiʝa/ [bo.β̞eˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /bobeˈdiʝa/ [bo.β̞eˈð̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /bobeˈdiʎa/ [bo.β̞eˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /bobeˈdiʃa/ [bo.β̞eˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /bobeˈdiʒa/ [bo.β̞eˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• 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: bo‧ve‧di‧lla

Noun

bovedilla f (plural bovedillas)

1. (nautical) counter stern

Further reading

• “bovedilla”, 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