letra bastardilla
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌletɾa bastaɾˈdiʝa/ [ˌle.t̪ɾa β̞as.t̪aɾˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˌletɾa bastaɾˈdiʎa/ [ˌle.t̪ɾa β̞as.t̪aɾˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˌletɾa bastaɾˈdiʃa/ [ˌle.t̪ɾa β̞as.t̪aɾˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌletɾa bastaɾˈdiʒa/ [ˌle.t̪ɾa β̞as.t̪aɾˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: le‧tra bas‧tar‧di‧lla
Noun
letra bastardilla f (plural letras bastardillas)
- italic; letter in italics
- Synonyms: bastardilla, itálica, letra itálica, cursiva, letra cursiva
Further reading
- “letra bastardilla”, 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