doblilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doˈbliʝa/ [d̪oˈβ̞li.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /doˈbliʎa/ [d̪oˈβ̞li.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /doˈbliʃa/ [d̪oˈβ̞li.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /doˈbliʒa/ [d̪oˈβ̞li.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: do‧bli‧lla
Noun
doblilla f (plural doblillas)
- (historical, numismatics) a type of dobla (gold coin)
- 1896, Ricardo Palma, El caballo de Santiago apóstol:
- Y sacó de la escarcela en doblillas de oro cuatrocientos pesos que puso sobre el altar, añadiendo: —Estamos en paz, patrón, que soy buen pagador.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “doblilla”, 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