ahogadilla
Spanish
Alternative forms
- aguadilla
Etymology
From ahogar (“to drown”) + -ada (“action of”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aoɡaˈdiʝa/ [a.o.ɣ̞aˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aoɡaˈdiʎa/ [a.o.ɣ̞aˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /aoɡaˈdiʃa/ [a.o.ɣ̞aˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aoɡaˈdiʒa/ [a.o.ɣ̞aˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, 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: a‧ho‧ga‧di‧lla
Noun
ahogadilla f (plural ahogadillas)
Further reading
- “ahogadilla”, 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