vajilla

Spanish

Alternative forms

• baxilla (obsolete)
• vagilla (obsolete)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Aragonese vaxiella, with the /-jeʎa/ equated to Castilian /-iʎa/ (cf. Aragonese castiello: Spanish castillo). From Late Latin vāscella, plural of vāscellum, a diminutive based ultimately on Classical Latin vās (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baˈxiʝa/ [baˈxi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /baˈxiʝa/ [baˈxi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /baˈxiʎa/ [baˈxi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /baˈxiʃa/ [baˈxi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /baˈxiʒa/ [baˈxi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: va‧ji‧lla

Noun

vajilla f (plural vajillas)

1. (countable or uncountable) dishes, dishware

   Synonym: loza

Derived terms

• lavavajillas

Descendants

• → Galician: vaixela

Further reading

• “vajilla”, 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