comilla

Spanish

Etymology

From coma (“comma”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈmiʝa/ [koˈmi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koˈmiʝa/ [koˈmi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /koˈmiʎa/ [koˈmi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koˈmiʃa/ [koˈmi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koˈmiʒa/ [koˈmi.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: co‧mi‧lla

Noun

comilla f (plural comillas)

1. quotation mark

Derived terms

• comilla baja
• comillas altas
• comillas angulares
• comillas latinas
• comillas simples

 

Further reading

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