canillita

Spanish

Etymology

From canilla +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaniˈʝita/ [ka.niˈʝi.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaniˈʝita/ [ka.niˈʝi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kaniˈʎita/ [ka.niˈʎi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaniˈʃita/ [ka.niˈʃi.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaniˈʒita/ [ka.niˈʒi.t̪a]

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

Noun

canillita f (plural canillitas)

1. diminutive of canilla

Noun

canillita m or f by sense (plural canillitas)

1. (Latin America) a street vendor who sells newspapers or lottery tickets

Further reading

• “canillita”, 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