botella

Aragonese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈteʎa/
• Syllabification: bo‧te‧lla
• Rhymes: -eʎa

Noun

botella f (plural botellas)

1. bottle

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “botella”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Noun

botella f (plural botelles)

1. bottle

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouteille or via Spanish botella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈte.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈte.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [boˈte.ʎa]

Noun

botella f (plural botelles)

1. wineskin
2. bottle

   Synonym: ampolla

3. flask
4. type of bagpipes

   Synonyms: sac de gemecs, cornamusa

Derived terms

• boteller
• botellot
• embotellar

Further reading

• “botella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Alternative forms

• botelha (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈteɟa/ [boˈt̪e.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɟa
• Hyphenation: bo‧tel‧la

Noun

botella f (plural botellas)

1. bottle

   Synonyms: limeta, libeta

   864 Malos demonios as leven unha botella sin viño , unha caixa sin tabaco e unha ola sin touciño.

   864 Evil demons take a bottle without wine, a box without tobacco and a bowl without bacon.

Derived terms

• embotellar

Further reading

• “botella”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

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botella

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Etymology

Borrowed from French bouteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask, barrel”). Doublet of botija. Cognate with English bottle.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /boˈteʝa/ [boˈt̪e.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /boˈteʝa/ [boˈt̪e.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /boˈteʎa/ [boˈt̪e.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /boˈteʃa/ [boˈt̪e.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /boˈteʒa/ [boˈt̪e.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -eʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: bo‧te‧lla

Noun

botella f (plural botellas)

1. bottle
2. tank (closed container for liquids or gases)

Derived terms

• abrebotellas m (“bottle opener”)
• blanca y en botella, leche
• botellazo m (“hit with a bottle”)
• botellero m (“crate”)
• botellín m (“(small) bottle; flask”)
• botellón m (“street binge drinking”)
• botillería f (“bottle shop, beverage store”)
• cuello de botella m (“bottleneck”)
• delfín nariz de botella
• embotellar (“to bottle”)

Related terms

• bota
• boto

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: botelya
  • ⇒ Bikol Central: bote
• → Catalan: botella
• → Cebuano: botelya
• → Tagalog: botelya (dated)
  • Tagalog: bote
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: botieya
• → Taos: butéyoną (+ -ną)
• → Yatzachi Zapotec: botey
• → Ye'kwana: joteya
• → Yogad: butelya
• → Yurok: poteya

Further reading

• “botella”, 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

Anagrams

• bellota