ervilla
Galician
Alternative forms
Noun
ervilla f (plural ervillas)
Spanish
Etymology
Probably borrowed from another Ibero-Romance language, from Latin ervilia. Doublet of arveja, the inherited Castilian form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾˈbiʝa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /eɾˈbiʎa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /eɾˈbiʃa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /eɾˈbiʒa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.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: er‧vi‧lla
Noun
ervilla f (plural ervillas)
References
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “arveja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 368
Further reading
- “ervilla”, 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