espinilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iʝa
- IPA(key): /espiˈniʝa/ [es.piˈni.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /espiˈniʎa/ [es.piˈni.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /espiˈniʃa/ [es.piˈni.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /espiˈniʒa/ [es.piˈni.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‧pi‧ni‧lla
Noun
espinilla f (plural espinillas)
- shinbone
- pimple, blackhead
- 2016 November 23, “Piel libre de impurezas, poros, brillos y espinillas”, in El Periódico[1]:
- Piel libre de impurezas, poros, brillos y espinillas
- Skin free of impurities, pores, sheen and pimples
Derived terms
Further reading
- “espinilla”, 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