azuela

Inherited from Old Spanish açuela, from Late Latin asciola, diminutive of ascia (“axe”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈθwela/ [aˈθwe.la] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /aˈswela/ [aˈswe.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: a‧zue‧la

azuela f (plural azuelas)

1. adze (cutting tool)

• “azuela”, 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