alcantarilla
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkantaˈɾiʝa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /alkantaˈɾiʎa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /alkantaˈɾiʃa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /alkantaˈɾiʒa/ [al.kãn̪.t̪aˈɾi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
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- 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: al‧can‧ta‧ri‧lla
Etymology 1
From alcántara + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Noun
alcantarilla f (plural alcantarillas)
- sewer
- Synonyms: alcantarillado, cloaca
- manhole
Derived terms
- alcantarillado
- alcantarillar
- alcantarillero
Etymology 2
Verb
alcantarilla
- inflection of alcantarillar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “alcantarilla”, 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