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Spanish
Etymology
From barba (“beard”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baɾˈbiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /baɾˈbiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baɾˈbiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baɾˈbiʒa/
- Syllabification: bar‧bi‧lla
Noun
barbilla f (plural barbillas)
- chin
- Synonym: mentón
- wattle (of bird)
- (sports) pull-up
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