costillaje

Spanish

Etymology

From costilla +‎ -aje.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kostiˈʝaxe/ [kos.t̪iˈʝa.xe] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kostiˈʎaxe/ [kos.t̪iˈʎa.xe] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kostiˈʃaxe/ [kos.t̪iˈʃa.xe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kostiˈʒaxe/ [kos.t̪iˈʒa.xe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -axe
Syllabification: cos‧ti‧lla‧je

Noun

costillaje m (plural costillajes)

(colloquial) synonym of costillar (“ribs (meat)”)

Further reading

“costillaje”, 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