canastilla

Spanish

Etymology

From canasta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʝa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kanasˈtiʝa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kanasˈtiʎa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kanasˈtiʃa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kanasˈtiʒa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ca‧nas‧ti‧lla

Noun

canastilla f (plural canastillas)

1. Diminutive of canasta, a small basket

Further reading

• “canastilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014