capillita

Spanish

Etymology

From capilla ‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kapiˈʝita/ [ka.piˈʝi.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kapiˈʝita/ [ka.piˈʝi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kapiˈʎita/ [ka.piˈʎi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kapiˈʃita/ [ka.piˈʃi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kapiˈʒita/ [ka.piˈʒi.t̪a]

• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧lli‧ta

Noun

capillita f (plural capillitas)

1. diminutive of capilla

Further reading

• “capillita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28