muletilla

Spanish

Etymology

From muleta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /muleˈtiʝa/ [mu.leˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /muleˈtiʝa/ [mu.leˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /muleˈtiʎa/ [mu.leˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /muleˈtiʃa/ [mu.leˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /muleˈtiʒa/ [mu.leˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (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: mu‧le‧ti‧lla

Noun

muletilla f (plural muletillas)

1. stock phrase

See also

• latiguillo

Further reading

• “muletilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014