ardilla
Spanish
Etymology
Diminutive of obsolete arda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈdiʝa/ [aɾˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aɾˈdiʎa/ [aɾˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /aɾˈdiʃa/ [aɾˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aɾˈdiʒa/ [aɾˈð̞i.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: ar‧di‧lla
Noun
ardilla f (plural ardillas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ardilla”, 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