horquilla

Spanish

Etymology

From horca +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈkiʝa/ [oɾˈki.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾˈkiʝa/ [oɾˈki.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /oɾˈkiʎa/ [oɾˈki.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾˈkiʃa/ [oɾˈki.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾˈkiʒa/ [oɾˈki.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: hor‧qui‧lla

Noun

horquilla f (plural horquillas)

1. hairpin, hairpin turn
2. (cycling) fork
3. garden fork, pitchfork
4. telephone cradle
5. (nautical) rowlock, oarlock

Derived terms

• ahorquillar
• grúa horquilla
• horquetilla
• horquilla temporal

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: forquilha

Further reading

• “horquilla”, 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