servilleta
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French serviette. Reinterpreted as a double diminutive servir + -illa + -eta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seɾbiˈʝeta/ [seɾ.β̞iˈʝe.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /seɾbiˈʎeta/ [seɾ.β̞iˈʎe.t̪a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /seɾbiˈʃeta/ [seɾ.β̞iˈʃe.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /seɾbiˈʒeta/ [seɾ.β̞iˈʒe.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: ser‧vi‧lle‧ta
Noun
servilleta f (plural servilletas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “servilleta”, 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