a sentadillas
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a sentaˈdiʝas/ [a sẽn̪.t̪aˈð̞i.ʝas] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /a sentaˈdiʎas/ [a sẽn̪.t̪aˈð̞i.ʎas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /a sentaˈdiʃas/ [a sẽn̪.t̪aˈð̞i.ʃas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /a sentaˈdiʒas/ [a sẽn̪.t̪aˈð̞i.ʒas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: a sen‧ta‧di‧llas
Adverb
- (idiomatic) sidesaddle
Further reading
- “a sentadillas”, 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