culebrilla

Spanish

Etymology

From culebra +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kuleˈbɾiʝa/ [ku.leˈβ̞ɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kuleˈbɾiʝa/ [ku.leˈβ̞ɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kuleˈbɾiʎa/ [ku.leˈβ̞ɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kuleˈbɾiʃa/ [ku.leˈβ̞ɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kuleˈbɾiʒa/ [ku.leˈβ̞ɾi.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: cu‧le‧bri‧lla

Noun

culebrilla f (plural culebrillas)

1. Diminutive of culebra
2. Shingles (disease)

Further reading

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