nunquilla

Spanish

Etymology

From nunca (“never”) +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nunˈkiʝa/ [nũŋˈki.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /nunˈkiʝa/ [nũŋˈki.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /nunˈkiʎa/ [nũŋˈki.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /nunˈkiʃa/ [nũŋˈki.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /nunˈkiʒa/ [nũŋˈki.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: nun‧qui‧lla

Adverb

nunquilla

1. (nonstandard, slang, chiefly Puerto Rico) Synonym of nunca (never)

Further reading

• “nunquilla” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.