almohadilla
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /almoaˈdiʝa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /almoaˈdiʎa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /almoaˈdiʃa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /almoaˈdiʒa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.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: al‧mo‧ha‧di‧lla
Etymology 1
From almohada (“pillow”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Noun
almohadilla f (plural almohadillas)
- pincushion
- Synonym: acerico
- inkpad
- the hash, octothorpe, pound symbol (the character #)
- seat cushion (to sit on)
- (colloquial) toe bean (digital pad of a cat or dog's paw)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: almowadilya
Etymology 2
Verb
almohadilla
- inflection of almohadillar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “almohadilla”, 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