modistilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /modisˈtiʝa/ [mo.ð̞isˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /modisˈtiʎa/ [mo.ð̞isˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /modisˈtiʃa/ [mo.ð̞isˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /modisˈtiʒa/ [mo.ð̞isˈt̪i.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: mo‧dis‧ti‧lla
Noun
modistilla f (plural modistillas)
- diminutive of modista
Further reading
- “modistilla”, 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