ramilla

Spanish

Etymology

From rama +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /raˈmiʝa/ [raˈmi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /raˈmiʝa/ [raˈmi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /raˈmiʎa/ [raˈmi.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /raˈmiʃa/ [raˈmi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /raˈmiʒa/ [raˈmi.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /raˈmia/ [raˈmi.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• 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: ra‧mi‧lla

Noun

ramilla f (plural ramillas)

1. subbranch; twig

Further reading

• “ramilla”, 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