tablilla

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *taðlā

Latin tabula

Spanish tabla

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish tablilla

From tabla + -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taˈbliʝa/ [t̪aˈβ̞li.ʝa]

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

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• 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: ta‧bli‧lla

Noun

tablilla f (plural tablillas)

1. diminutive of tabla; small board

   Synonym: tablita

2. tablet
3. (medicine) splint
4. (Puerto Rico) license plate

   Synonyms: matrícula, placa

Derived terms

• entablillar

Further reading

• “tablilla”, 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
• “tablilla”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010