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Spanish
Etymology
From nunca (“never”) + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /nunˈkiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /nunˈkiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /nunˈkiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /nunˈkiʒa/
- Syllabification: nun‧qui‧lla
Adverb
nunquilla
- (nonstandard, slang, chiefly Puerto Rico) Synonym of nunca (never)
Further reading
- “nunquilla” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010