mesilla

See also: Mesilla

Spanish

Etymology

From mesa +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /meˈsiʝa/ [meˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈsiʝa/ [meˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meˈsiʎa/ [meˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈsiʃa/ [meˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈsiʒa/ [meˈsi.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: me‧si‧lla

Noun

mesilla f (plural mesillas)

1. Diminutive of mesa
2. bedside table
3. stall (at a market)

Derived terms

• mesilla de noche

 

Further reading

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