escudilla
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish escudiella, from Latin scutella, a diminutive form of scutra (“tray, dish, platter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskuˈdiʝa/ [es.kuˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /eskuˈdiʎa/ [es.kuˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /eskuˈdiʃa/ [es.kuˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /eskuˈdiʒa/ [es.kuˈð̞i.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: es‧cu‧di‧lla
Noun
escudilla f (plural escudillas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “escudilla”, 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