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

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• 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: va‧ji‧lla

Noun

vajilla f (plural vajillas)

1. (usually 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