moradilla
Spanish
Etymology
From morado (“purple”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moɾaˈdiʝa/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /moɾaˈdiʎa/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /moɾaˈdiʃa/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /moɾaˈdiʒa/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞i.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‧ra‧di‧lla
Noun
moradilla f (plural moradillas)
- (New Mexico) verbena
- Synonym: verbena
References
- Rubén Cobos (2003), A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN