mirilla
Spanish
View through a peephole
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Etymology
Diminutive form of mira.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈɾiʝa/ [miˈɾi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /miˈɾiʎa/ [miˈɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /miˈɾiʃa/ [miˈɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /miˈɾiʒa/ [miˈɾi.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: mi‧ri‧lla
Noun
mirilla f (plural mirillas)
Further reading
- “mirilla”, 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