mostacilla

Spanish

Etymology

From mostaza +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /mostaˈθiʝa/ [mos.t̪aˈθi.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /mostaˈθiʎa/ [mos.t̪aˈθi.ʎa]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /mostaˈsiʝa/ [mos.t̪aˈsi.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /mostaˈsiʎa/ [mos.t̪aˈsi.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /mostaˈsiʃa/ [mos.t̪aˈsi.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /mostaˈsiʒa/ [mos.t̪aˈsi.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: mos‧ta‧ci‧lla

Noun

mostacilla f (plural mostacillas)

bead
Bunias erucago
Cynophalla flexuosa
sprinkle

Further reading

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

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