hebilla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish feviella~fiviella (with /e/ < /i/ perhaps via dissimilation), from Vulgar Latin *fībella, diminutive of Latin fībula. Compare Portuguese fivela, Galician fibela.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eˈbiʝa/ [eˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /eˈbiʝa/ [eˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /eˈbiʎa/ [eˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eˈbiʃa/ [eˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eˈbiʒa/ [eˈβ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: he‧bi‧lla

Noun

hebilla f (plural hebillas)

1. buckle, clasp

Further reading

• “hebilla”, 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