chimpinilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃimpiˈniʝa/ [t͡ʃĩm.piˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃimpiˈniʝa/ [t͡ʃĩm.piˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /t͡ʃimpiˈniʎa/ [t͡ʃĩm.piˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃimpiˈniʃa/ [t͡ʃĩm.piˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃimpiˈniʒa/ [t͡ʃĩm.piˈni.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: chim‧pi‧ni‧lla

Noun

chimpinilla f (plural chimpinillas)

1. (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) shin, and by extension, shinbone

   Synonyms: espinilla, canilla

Further reading

• “chimpinilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• chimpinilla | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE