barandilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾanˈdiʝa/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /baɾanˈdiʎa/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /baɾanˈdiʃa/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /baɾanˈdiʒa/ [ba.ɾãn̪ˈd̪i.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: ba‧ran‧di‧lla
Noun
barandilla f (plural barandillas)
- handrail, banister (the handrail on the side of a staircase)
- (Mexico) detention centre; jailhouse
See also
Further reading
- “barandilla”, 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