tonadilla

Spanish

Etymology

From tonada +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tonaˈdiʝa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /tonaˈdiʝa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /tonaˈdiʎa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /tonaˈdiʃa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /tonaˈdiʒa/ [t̪o.naˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: to‧na‧di‧lla

Noun

tonadilla f (plural tonadillas)

1. ditty, shanty, short song

Derived terms

• tonadillero

Further reading

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