jeringuilla

Spanish

Etymology

From jeringa +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xeɾinˈɡiʝa/ [xe.ɾĩŋˈɡi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /xeɾinˈɡiʝa/ [xe.ɾĩŋˈɡi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /xeɾinˈɡiʎa/ [xe.ɾĩŋˈɡi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /xeɾinˈɡiʃa/ [xe.ɾĩŋˈɡi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /xeɾinˈɡiʒa/ [xe.ɾĩŋˈɡi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (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: je‧rin‧gui‧lla

Noun

jeringuilla f (plural jeringuillas)

1. syringe

Further reading

• “jeringuilla”, 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