rabadilla

Spanish

Etymology

From rabada +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /rabaˈdiʝa/ [ra.β̞aˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /rabaˈdiʝa/ [ra.β̞aˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /rabaˈdiʎa/ [ra.β̞aˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /rabaˈdiʃa/ [ra.β̞aˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /rabaˈdiʒa/ [ra.β̞aˈð̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ra‧ba‧di‧lla

Noun

rabadilla f (plural rabadillas)

1. coccyx

Further reading

• “rabadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10