frutilla

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish fruta

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish frutilla

From fruta + -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /fɾuˈtiʝa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /fɾuˈtiʝa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fɾuˈtiʎa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /fɾuˈtiʃa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /fɾuˈtiʒa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /fɾuˈtia/ [fɾuˈt̪i.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• 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: fru‧ti‧lla

Noun

frutilla f (plural frutillas)

1. (Andes Mountains except Peru, Southern Cone) strawberry

   Synonym: fresa

2. (Costa Rica, Honduras) trichina
   1. (Costa Rica) trichinosis
3. (Chile) Rubus geoides

Further reading

• “frutilla”, 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