barquilla
Spanish
Etymology
Diminutive of barca (“small boat”) because of the shape.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾˈkiʝa/ [baɾˈki.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /baɾˈkiʎa/ [baɾˈki.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /baɾˈkiʃa/ [baɾˈki.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /baɾˈkiʒa/ [baɾˈki.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: bar‧qui‧lla
Noun
barquilla f (plural barquillas)
- ice cream cone
- Synonym: barquillo
Further reading
- “barquilla”, 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