torrecilla

Spanish

Etymology

From torre +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /toreˈθiʝa/ [t̪o.reˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /toreˈθiʝa/ [t̪o.reˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /toreˈθiʎa/ [t̪o.reˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /toreˈsiʝa/ [t̪o.reˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /toreˈsiʝa/ [t̪o.reˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /toreˈsiʎa/ [t̪o.reˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toreˈsiʃa/ [t̪o.reˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toreˈsiʒa/ [t̪o.reˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (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: to‧rre‧ci‧lla

Noun

torrecilla f (plural torrecillas)

1. Diminutive of torre
2. turret