antigualla
Spanish
Etymology
From antiguo + -alla, after Italian anticaglia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /antiˈɡwaʝa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /antiˈɡwaʎa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /antiˈɡwaʃa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /antiˈɡwaʒa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: an‧ti‧gua‧lla
Noun
antigualla f (plural antiguallas)
- (derogatory) old thing, old piece of junk
Further reading
- “antigualla”, 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