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Spanish
Etymology
From calabaza + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kalabaˈθiʝa/
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /kalabaˈθiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /kalabaˈθiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kalabaˈsiʝa/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /kalabaˈsiʝa/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kalabaˈsiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kalabaˈsiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kalabaˈsiʒa/
- Syllabification: ca‧la‧ba‧ci‧lla
Noun
calabacilla f (plural calabacillas)
- diminutive of calabaza
- a plant of species Aristolochia paucinervis
- annual scorpion-vetch, a plant of species Coronilla scorpioides
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