huella
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈw̝eʝa/ [ˈw̝e.ʝa], /ˈɡweʝa/ [ˈɡwe.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝eʎa/ [ˈw̝e.ʎa], /ˈɡweʎa/ [ˈɡwe.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝eʃa/ [ˈw̝e.ʃa], /ˈɡweʃa/ [ˈɡwe.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝eʒa/ [ˈw̝e.ʒa], /ˈɡweʒa/ [ˈɡwe.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝ea/ [ˈw̝e.a], /ˈɡwea/ [ˈɡwe.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))
- Rhymes: -eʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- Rhymes: -eʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ea (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))
- Syllabification: hue‧lla
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]huella f (plural huellas)
- footprint (impression of the foot in a soft substance)
- fingerprint (unique natural pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers; marks left by these)
- huella dactilar ― fingerprint
- (computing, figurative) fingerprint (unique identification)
- huella digital ― digital fingerprint
- mark, imprint (visible impression or sign left on something)
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 297:
- Las verrugas desaparecen sin dejar huellas, si el paciente se las frota durante tres días con la propia saliva, estando en ayunas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Southern Cone, Andes Mountains, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela) path, trail
- Synonym: vereda
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]huella
- inflection of hollar:
Further reading
[edit]- “huella”, 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
Categories:
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eʝa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eʝa/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/eʎa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eʎa/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/eʃa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eʃa/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/eʒa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eʒa/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/ea
- Rhymes:Spanish/ea/2 syllables
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- Southern Cone Spanish
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- es:Fingers