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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, from Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”), from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁dʰleh₂, from *syuh₁- (“sew”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /suˈbiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /suˈbiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /suˈbiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /suˈbiʒa/
- Syllabification: su‧bi‧lla
Noun
subilla f (plural subillas)
- awl
- Synonyms: lezna, punzón
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