almohadilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /almoaˈdiʝa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /almoaˈdiʎa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /almoaˈdiʃa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /almoaˈdiʒa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʒa]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧di‧lla

Etymology 1

From almohada (“pillow”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Noun

almohadilla f (plural almohadillas)

pincushion
Synonym: acerico
inkpad
the hash, octothorpe, pound symbol (the character #)
seat cushion (to sit on)
(colloquial) toe bean (digital pad of a cat or dog's paw)

Derived terms

almohadillar

Descendants

→ Tagalog: almohadilya

Verb

almohadilla

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

Further reading

“almohadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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