asperilla
Spanish
Etymology
From áspera + -illa (diminutive suffix),[1] from Latin asper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aspeˈɾiʝa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aspeˈɾiʎa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /aspeˈɾiʃa/ [as.peˈɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aspeˈɾiʒa/ [as.peˈɾi.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: as‧pe‧ri‧lla
Noun
asperilla f (plural asperillas)
References
- ^ Pountain, A History of the Spanish Language through Texts
Further reading
- “asperilla”, 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