comillas simples

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʝas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʝas ˈsĩm.ples]

• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʝas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʝas ˈsĩm.ples] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʎas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʎas ˈsĩm.ples] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʃas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʃas ˈsĩm.ples] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʒas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʒas ˈsĩm.ples] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: co‧mi‧llas sim‧ples

Noun

comillas simples f pl (plural only)

1. single quotation marks (of the kind like ‘ ’)

Further reading

• “comillas simples”, 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