huella

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eʝa/ [ˈw̝e.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eʝa/ [ˈw̝e.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eʎa/ [ˈw̝e.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eʃa/ [ˈw̝e.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eʒa/ [ˈw̝e.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -eʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: hue‧lla

Etymology 1

Deverbal from hollar.

Noun

huella f (plural huellas)

1. footprint (impression of the foot in a soft substance)
2. fingerprint (unique natural pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers; marks left by these)

   huella dactilar ― fingerprint

3. (computing, figurative) fingerprint (unique identification)

   huella digital ― digital fingerprint

4. mark, imprint (visible impression or sign left on something)

   Synonyms: marca, impronta

   • 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)

5. (Southern Cone, Andes, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela) path, trail

   Synonym: vereda

Derived terms

• huella dactilar
• huella de carbono
• huella digital

Etymology 2

Verb

huella

1. inflection of hollar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “huella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024