peinilla

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From peine +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peiˈniʝa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peiˈniʎa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peiˈniʃa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peiˈniʒa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʒa]

 
  • (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: pei‧ni‧lla

Noun[edit]

peinilla f (plural peinillas)

  1. (Latin America) comb
    • 2016 June 6, “Triste despedida en acuartelamiento”, in El Universo[1]:
      En la calle no faltaban las ventas de esferos, libretas, afeitadoras, cepillos para lustrar zapatos, pastas dentales, peinillas, papel higiénico, cortaúñas que les caía muy bien a quienes no tenían.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Latin America) short machete

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