axila

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin axilla.

Noun

axila f (plural axilas)

1. (anatomy) armpit

   Synonyms: sobaco, sobrazo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin axilla.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /akˈsi.lɐ/, /a.kiˈsi.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /akˈsi.lɐ/, /a.kiˈsi.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /akˈsi.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈksi.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧xi‧la

Noun

axila f (plural axilas)

1. (anatomy) armpit

   Synonym: sovaco

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin axilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡˈsila/ [aɣ̞ˈsi.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: a‧xi‧la

Noun

axila f (plural axilas)

1. (anatomy) armpit

   Synonym: sobaco

2. (botany) axil

Related terms

• axilar

 

Further reading

• “axila”, 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