ladilla

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish lada + modern -illa (diminutive suffix), the former (documented since 1042) derived from the feminine of the old adjective lado (“broad”, < Latin lātus), referring to the flat shape of the insect. First attested in Nebrija.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laˈdiʝa/ [laˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
IPA^(key): /laˈdiʎa/ [laˈð̞i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /laˈdiʃa/ [laˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /laˈdiʒa/ [laˈð̞i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
IPA^(key): /laˈdia/ [laˈð̞i.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

Syllabification: la‧di‧lla

Noun

ladilla f (plural ladillas)

crab louse

Adjective

ladilla m or f (masculine and feminine plural ladillas)

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

References

Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “ladilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 553