nunquilla
Spanish
Etymology
From nunca (“never”) + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nunˈkiʝa/ [nũŋˈki.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /nunˈkiʎa/ [nũŋˈki.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /nunˈkiʃa/ [nũŋˈki.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /nunˈkiʒa/ [nũŋˈki.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: nun‧qui‧lla
Adverb
nunquilla
- (nonstandard, slang, chiefly Puerto Rico) synonym of nunca (never)
Further reading
- “nunquilla”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010