orilla

See also: orillá

Finnish

Noun

orilla

1. adessive plural of ora

Noun

orilla

1. adessive singular of ori

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾiʝa/ [oˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾiʝa/ [oˈɾi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /oˈɾiʎa/ [oˈɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /oˈɾiʃa/ [oˈɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /oˈɾiʒa/ [oˈɾi.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: o‧ri‧lla

Etymology 1

From Latin ōra + Spanish diminutive -illo. Cognate with English orle, Catalan vora.

Noun

orilla f (plural orillas)

1. shore, bank (of a watercourse)

   Synonym: vera

2. edge, border

   Synonyms: borde, margen, vera

Hyponyms

• orilla del mar

Derived terms

• tanto nadar para morir en la orilla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

orilla

1. inflection of orillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “orilla”, 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