presilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈsiʝa/ [pɾeˈsi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈsiʎa/ [pɾeˈsi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈsiʃa/ [pɾeˈsi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈsiʒa/ [pɾeˈsi.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: pre‧si‧lla
Noun
presilla f (plural presillas)
- diminutive of presa
Descendants
- → Portuguese: presilha
Further reading
- “presilla”, 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