cancilla

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See also: Cancilla

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cancellus (“grate; barrier”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kanˈθiʝa/
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kanˈθiʎa/

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kanˈsiʝa/
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kanˈsiʎa/
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kanˈsiʃa/
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kanˈsiʒa/

Rhymes: -iʝa
Rhymes: -iʎa
Rhymes: -iʃa
Rhymes: -iʒa

Syllabification: can‧ci‧lla

Noun

cancilla f (plural cancillas)

gate

Further reading

“cancilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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