cajetilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaxeˈtiʝa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaxeˈtiʎa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaxeˈtiʃa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaxeˈtiʒa/ [ka.xeˈt̪i.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: ca‧je‧ti‧lla
Noun
cajetilla f (plural cajetillas)
- diminutive of caja, a small box, especially a cigarette box
Further reading
- “cajetilla”, 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