criolla
English
Noun
criolla (uncountable)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾjoʝa/ [ˈkɾjo.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾjoʎa/ [ˈkɾjo.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾjoʃa/ [ˈkɾjo.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾjoʒa/ [ˈkɾjo.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -oʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -oʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -oʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: crio‧lla
Noun
criolla f (plural criollas)
- a style of music from Cuba, in 6/8 time
Adjective
criolla
- feminine singular of criollo
Further reading
- “criollo”, 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