canastilla

Spanish

Etymology

From canasta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʝa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʝa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʎa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʃa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʒa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• 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: ca‧nas‧ti‧lla

Noun

canastilla f (plural canastillas)

1. diminutive of canasta, a small basket

Further reading

• “canastilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024