cajetilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cajeta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaxeˈtiʝa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kaxeˈtiʝa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaxeˈtiʎa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaxeˈtiʃa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaxeˈtiʒa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ca‧je‧ti‧lla

Noun

cajetilla f (plural cajetillas)

1. diminutive of caja, a small box, especially a cigarette box

Further reading

• “cajetilla”, 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