ladilla

Spanish

Etymology

From a diminutive of Latin latus (“wide”), or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *blatella, diminutive of blatta.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laˈdiʝa/ [laˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /laˈdiʝa/ [laˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /laˈdiʎa/ [laˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /laˈdiʃa/ [laˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /laˈdiʒa/ [laˈð̞i.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: la‧di‧lla

Noun

ladilla f (plural ladillas)

1. crab louse

Adjective

ladilla (plural ladillas)

1. (Venezuela, mildly vulgar, slang) annoying, pain in the ass

Further reading

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