vajilla
Spanish
Alternative forms
- baxilla (obsolete)
- vagilla (obsolete)
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Aragonese vaxiella, with the /-jeʎa/ equated to Castilian /-iʎa/ (cf. Aragonese castiello: Spanish castillo). From Late Latin vāscella, plural of vāscellum, a diminutive based ultimately on Classical Latin vās (“vessel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈxiʝa/ [baˈxi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /baˈxiʎa/ [baˈxi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /baˈxiʃa/ [baˈxi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /baˈxiʒa/ [baˈxi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
Audio (Peru): (file)
- 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: va‧ji‧lla
Noun
vajilla f (plural vajillas)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Galician: vaixela
Further reading
- “vajilla”, 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