lechuguilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish lechuguilla.

Noun

lechuguilla (countable and uncountable, plural lechuguillas)

1. Agave lechuguilla, an agave species found only in the Chihuahuan Desert.

Spanish

Etymology

From lechuga (“lettuce”) +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /let͡ʃuˈɡiʝa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /let͡ʃuˈɡiʝa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /let͡ʃuˈɡiʎa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /let͡ʃuˈɡiʃa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /let͡ʃuˈɡiʒa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.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: le‧chu‧gui‧lla

Noun

lechuguilla f (plural lechuguillas)

1. (botany) lechuguilla (a species of agave)
2. (fashion) ruff, frill (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)

   Synonym: gorguera

Further reading

• “lechuguilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• lechuguilla (indumentaria) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es