novilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /noˈbiʝa/ [noˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /noˈbiʝa/ [noˈβ̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /noˈbiʎa/ [noˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /noˈbiʃa/ [noˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /noˈbiʒa/ [noˈβ̞i.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: no‧vi‧lla

Noun

novilla f (plural novillas)

1. heifer

Further reading

• “novillo”, 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