sobrequilla
Spanish
Etymology
From sobre (“over”) + quilla (“keel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sobɾeˈkiʝa/ [so.β̞ɾeˈki.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /sobɾeˈkiʎa/ [so.β̞ɾeˈki.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /sobɾeˈkiʃa/ [so.β̞ɾeˈki.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /sobɾeˈkiʒa/ [so.β̞ɾeˈki.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: so‧bre‧qui‧lla
Noun
sobrequilla f (plural sobrequillas)
Further reading
- “sobrequilla”, 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