trompetilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾompeˈtiʝa/ [t̪ɾõm.peˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /tɾompeˈtiʎa/ [t̪ɾõm.peˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /tɾompeˈtiʃa/ [t̪ɾõm.peˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /tɾompeˈtiʒa/ [t̪ɾõm.peˈt̪i.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: trom‧pe‧ti‧lla
Noun
trompetilla f (plural trompetillas)
- diminutive of trompeta
- ear trumpet
- firecracker bush, Bouvardia ternifolia
Derived terms
Further reading
- “trompetilla”, 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
- “trompetilla”, 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
- trompetilla. - Academia Mexicana de la Lengua