cadenilla

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cadena

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish cadenilla

From cadena + -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kadeˈniʝa/ [ka.ð̞eˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kadeˈniʝa/ [ka.ð̞eˈni.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kadeˈniʎa/ [ka.ð̞eˈni.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kadeˈniʃa/ [ka.ð̞eˈni.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kadeˈniʒa/ [ka.ð̞eˈni.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kadeˈnia/ [ka.ð̞eˈni.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: ca‧de‧ni‧lla

Noun

cadenilla f (plural cadenillas)

1. diminutive of cadena

Further reading

• “cadenilla”, 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