mejilla

Spanish

Alternative forms

mexilla (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier mexilla, maxiella, from Vulgar Latin *maxella, from Latin maxilla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈxiʝa/ [meˈxi.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meˈxiʎa/ [meˈxi.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈxiʃa/ [meˈxi.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈxiʒa/ [meˈxi.ʒa]

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(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: me‧ji‧lla

Noun

mejilla f (plural mejillas)

(anatomy) cheek
Synonyms: cachete, carrillo
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 69:
  Amalia aparece por el portal, sonríe y me da un beso dudoso entre la mejilla y el labio.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

mejillón

Further reading

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

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