caobilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaoˈbiʝa/ [ka.oˈβ̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaoˈbiʎa/ [ka.oˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaoˈbiʃa/ [ka.oˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaoˈbiʒa/ [ka.oˈβ̞i.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‧o‧bi‧lla
Noun
caobilla f (plural caobillas)
- fine-leaf wadara, a tree of species Couratari guianensis
- Any of various trees of the genus Tapirira
Further reading
- “caobilla”, 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