cancilla

See also: Cancilla

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cancellus (“grate; barrier”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kanˈθiʝa/ [kãn̟ˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kanˈθiʝa/ [kãn̟ˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kanˈθiʎa/ [kãn̟ˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kanˈsiʝa/ [kãnˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kanˈsiʝa/ [kãnˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kanˈsiʎa/ [kãnˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kanˈsiʃa/ [kãnˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kanˈsiʒa/ [kãnˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: can‧ci‧lla

Noun

cancilla f (plural cancillas)

1. gate

Further reading

• “cancilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10