costilla
See also: Costilla
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *costella, diminutive of costa (“rib”). Compare Catalan costella, Italian costola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kosˈtiʝa/ [kosˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kosˈtiʎa/ [kosˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kosˈtiʃa/ [kosˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kosˈtiʒa/ [kosˈt̪i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
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- 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: cos‧ti‧lla
Noun
costilla f (plural costillas)
Derived terms
- costilla de vaca
- costilla falsa
- costilla flotante
- costilla fornacina
- costilla verdadera
- serrucho de costilla
Related terms
Further reading
- “costilla”, 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