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Spanish
Etymology
From horca + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾˈkiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oɾˈkiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾˈkiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾˈkiʒa/
- (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: hor‧qui‧lla
Noun
horquilla f (plural horquillas)
- hairpin, hairpin turn
- (cycling) fork
- garden fork, pitchfork
- telephone cradle
- (nautical) rowlock, oarlock
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