canastilla

Spanish

Etymology

From canasta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʝa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʎa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʃa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʒa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.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‧nas‧ti‧lla

Noun

canastilla f (plural canastillas)

diminutive of canasta, a small basket

Further reading

“canastilla”, 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