bajo llave
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbaxo ˈʝabe/ [ˌba.xo ˈʝa.β̞e] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˌbaxo ˈʎabe/ [ˌba.xo ˈʎa.β̞e] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˌbaxo ˈʃabe/ [ˌba.xo ˈʃa.β̞e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌbaxo ˈʒabe/ [ˌba.xo ˈʒa.β̞e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ba‧jo lla‧ve
Adverb
Further reading
- “bajo llave, o debajo de llave”, 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