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Spanish
Etymology
From cera (“wax”) + -illa. Compare Italian cerino (“wax match”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θeˈɾiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeˈɾiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈɾiʝa/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /seˈɾiʝa/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /seˈɾiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈɾiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈɾiʒa/
- (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: ce‧ri‧lla
Noun
cerilla f (plural cerillas)
- match (firestarter)
- Synonyms: fósforo, (Mexico) cerillo, (regional, Spain) misto, (regional, Spain) mixto
- long, narrow candle; taper
- Synonym: cirio
- earwax
- Synonyms: cerumen, cera
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