semilla

See also: Semilla

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from a derivative of Latin semen (“seeds”).

Corominas proposes Latin sēminia, plural of sēminium, through a Mozarabic variant.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /seˈmiʝa/, [seˈmi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /seˈmiʝa/, [seˈmi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /seˈmiʎa/, [seˈmi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈmiʃa/, [seˈmi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈmiʒa/, [seˈmi.ʒa]

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Noun

semilla f (plural semillas)

1. seed (of a plant)

Descendants

• → Cebuano: semilya
• → Portuguese: semilha (“potato”)
• → Tagalog: semilya (“sperm, semen”)

Further reading

• “semilla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.