varillaje
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾiˈʝaxe/ [ba.ɾiˈʝa.xe] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /baɾiˈʎaxe/ [ba.ɾiˈʎa.xe] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /baɾiˈʃaxe/ [ba.ɾiˈʃa.xe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /baɾiˈʒaxe/ [ba.ɾiˈʒa.xe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -axe
- Syllabification: va‧ri‧lla‧je
Noun
varillaje m (plural varillajes)
- (set of) spokes (of an object, e.g. a fan, whisk, umbrella)
Further reading
- “varillaje”, 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