cocotilla
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English cockatiel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kokoˈtiʝa/ [ko.koˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kokoˈtiʎa/ [ko.koˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kokoˈtiʃa/ [ko.koˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kokoˈtiʒa/ [ko.koˈt̪i.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: co‧co‧ti‧lla
Noun
cocotilla f (plural cocotillas)
- cockatiel (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest)
- Synonyms: cacatúa ninfa, carolina, ninfa