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Spanish
Etymology
From cortina + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koɾtiˈniʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /koɾtiˈniʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koɾtiˈniʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koɾtiˈniʒa/
- Syllabification: cor‧ti‧ni‧lla
Noun
cortinilla f (plural cortinillas)
- diminutive of cortina
2015 July 20, “Estados Unidos y Cuba reabren sus embajadas 54 años después”, in El País:Participará junto a una gran delegación -hay 500 invitados- en la ceremonia de izada de bandera ante la fachada cubana, donde además desvelará el cartel -escondido los últimos días tras una cortinilla roja- que por fin identifica a la legación como “embajada”.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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