subilla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, from Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”), from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁dʰleh₂, from *syuh₁- (“sew”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /suˈbiʝa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /suˈbiʝa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /suˈbiʎa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /suˈbiʃa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /suˈbiʒa/ [suˈβ̞i.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: su‧bi‧lla

Noun

subilla f (plural subillas)

1. awl

   Synonyms: lezna, punzón

Further reading

• “subilla”, 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