guindilla

English

Etymology

Spanish guindilla

Noun

guindilla (plural guindillas)

1. A kind of chili pepper from the Basque region.

Anagrams

• anguillid

Spanish

Etymology

From guinda (“sour cherry”) +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡinˈdiʝa/ [ɡĩn̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡinˈdiʝa/ [ɡĩn̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡinˈdiʎa/ [ɡĩn̪ˈd̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡinˈdiʃa/ [ɡĩn̪ˈd̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡinˈdiʒa/ [ɡĩn̪ˈd̪i.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: guin‧di‧lla

Noun

guindilla f (plural guindillas)

1. (Spain) chili pepper

   Synonyms: ají, chile

Further reading

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