mostacilla

Spanish

Etymology

From mostaza +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /mostaˈθiʝa/ [mos.t̪aˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /mostaˈθiʝa/ [mos.t̪aˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /mostaˈθiʎa/ [mos.t̪aˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /mostaˈsiʝa/ [mos.t̪aˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /mostaˈsiʝa/ [mos.t̪aˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /mostaˈsiʎa/ [mos.t̪aˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /mostaˈsiʃa/ [mos.t̪aˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /mostaˈsiʒa/ [mos.t̪aˈsi.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: mos‧ta‧ci‧lla

Noun

mostacilla f (plural mostacillas)

1. bead
2. Bunias erucago
3. Cynophalla flexuosa
4. sprinkle

Further reading

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