silleta

Spanish

Etymology

From silla +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝeta/ [siˈʝe.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝeta/ [siˈʝe.t̪a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʎeta/ [siˈʎe.t̪a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʃeta/ [siˈʃe.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʒeta/ [siˈʒe.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: si‧lle‧ta

Noun

silleta f (plural silletas)

1. bedpan
2. a kind of millstone for making chocolate

Derived terms

• silletazo

Further reading

• “silleta”, 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