lavavajilla
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) + vajilla (“dishware”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lababaˈxiʝa/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /lababaˈxiʎa/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /lababaˈxiʃa/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /lababaˈxiʒa/ [la.β̞a.β̞aˈxi.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: la‧va‧va‧ji‧lla
Noun
lavavajilla m or f same meaning (plural lavavajillas)
- (Argentina) dishwasher
- Synonyms: lavaplatos, lavavajillas
Further reading
- “lavavajilla”, 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