arcilla

See also: Arcilla and arcillá

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈθiʝa/ [aɾˈθi.ʝa] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈθiʝa/ [aɾˈθi.ʝa] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɾˈθiʎa/ [aɾˈθi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈsiʝa/ [aɾˈsi.ʝa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈsiʝa/ [aɾˈsi.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /aɾˈsiʎa/ [aɾˈsi.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈsiʃa/ [aɾˈsi.ʃa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈsiʃa/ [aɾˈsi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aɾˈsiʒa/ [aɾˈsi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (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: ar‧ci‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin argilla.

Noun

arcilla f (plural arcillas)

1. clay

   Synonym: barro

Derived terms

• arcillar

Related terms

• arcilloso

Etymology 2

Verb

arcilla

1. inflection of arcillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “arcilla”, 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