hebilla
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish feviella~fiviella (with /e/ < /i/ perhaps via dissimilation), from Vulgar Latin *fībella, diminutive of Latin fībula. Compare Portuguese fivela, Galician fibela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈbiʝa/ [eˈβ̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /eˈbiʎa/ [eˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /eˈbiʃa/ [eˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /eˈbiʒa/ [eˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: he‧bi‧lla
Noun
hebilla f (plural hebillas)
Further reading
- “hebilla”, 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