escudilla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish escudiella, from Latin scutella, a diminutive form of scutra (“tray, dish, platter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eskuˈdiʝa/ [es.kuˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /eskuˈdiʝa/ [es.kuˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /eskuˈdiʎa/ [es.kuˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /eskuˈdiʃa/ [es.kuˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /eskuˈdiʒa/ [es.kuˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, 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: es‧cu‧di‧lla

Noun

escudilla f (plural escudillas)

1. bowl

Related terms

• escudo

Further reading

• “escudilla”, 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