comilla

Spanish

Etymology

From coma (“comma”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈmiʝa/ [koˈmi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /koˈmiʝa/ [koˈmi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /koˈmiʎa/ [koˈmi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koˈmiʃa/ [koˈmi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koˈmiʒa/ [koˈmi.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: co‧mi‧lla

Noun

comilla f (plural comillas)

1. quotation mark

Derived terms

• comilla alta
• comilla angular
• comilla baja
• comilla española
• comilla inglesa
• comilla latina
• comilla simple
• entre comillas

Further reading

• “comillas”, 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