tetilla

See also: Tetilla

English

Noun

tetilla (plural tetillas)

Alternative letter-case form of Tetilla (“cheese”).
- 2010, Patricia Michelson, Cheese: Exploring Taste and Tradition, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN:
  The [...] cheeses are mild and buttery, and loved by children because tetilla is almost spreadable.
- 2012, Rafael Palomino, Fiesta Latina: Fabulous Food for Sizzling Parties, Chronicle Books, →ISBN:
  The flavor of tetilla cheese is clean and smooth, and it melts beautifully. making it a perfect quesadilla cheese.
- 2014, Malcolm Coxall, Traditional Vegetarian Tapas Recipes of Spain, Malcolm Coxall, →ISBN:
  This is a light salad made with tetilla cheese.

Anagrams

a little, alt-lite

Spanish

Etymology

From teta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teˈtiʝa/ [t̪eˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /teˈtiʎa/ [t̪eˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /teˈtiʃa/ [t̪eˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /teˈtiʒa/ [t̪eˈt̪i.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: te‧ti‧lla

Noun

tetilla f (plural tetillas)

diminutive of teta; small breast
(of a male) nipple
Synonym: (of a female) pezón

Further reading

“tetilla”, 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