cuestecilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cuesta +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kwesteˈθiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈθi.ʝa] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /kwesteˈθiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈθi.ʝa] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kwesteˈθiʎa/ [kwes.t̪eˈθi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʝa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʝa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʎa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʃa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʃa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʃa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kwesteˈsiʒa/ [kwes.t̪eˈsi.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: cues‧te‧ci‧lla

Noun

cuestecilla f (plural cuestecillas)

1. diminutive of cuesta
   • 2015 October 8, “De copas con Sancho Panza”, in El País‎:

     Cal y callejas, cuestecillas limpias.

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