buhardilla
Spanish
Etymology
From buharda (“attic”) + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwaɾˈdiʝa/ [bwaɾˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /bwaɾˈdiʎa/ [bwaɾˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /bwaɾˈdiʃa/ [bwaɾˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /bwaɾˈdiʒa/ [bwaɾˈð̞i.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: buhar‧di‧lla
Noun
buhardilla f (plural buhardillas)
- attic, loft
- Synonym: desván
- dormer window
Derived terms
Further reading
- “buhardilla”, 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