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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French serviette. Reinterpreted as a double diminutive servir + -illa + -eta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /seɾbiˈʝeta/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /seɾbiˈʎeta/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seɾbiˈʃeta/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seɾbiˈʒeta/
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: ser‧vi‧lle‧ta
Noun
servilleta f (plural servilletas)
- napkin
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