aspillera
Spanish
Etymology
See Catalan espitllera. Ultimately from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aspiˈʝeɾa/ [as.piˈʝe.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aspiˈʎeɾa/ [as.piˈʎe.ɾa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /aspiˈʃeɾa/ [as.piˈʃe.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aspiˈʒeɾa/ [as.piˈʒe.ɾa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: as‧pi‧lle‧ra
Noun
aspillera f (plural aspilleras)
Further reading
- “aspillera”, 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