astilla

See also: astillá

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /asˈtiʝa/ [asˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /asˈtiʝa/ [asˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /asˈtiʎa/ [asˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /asˈtiʃa/ [asˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /asˈtiʒa/ [asˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: as‧ti‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin astella, from astla, from Latin assula.

Noun

astilla f (plural astillas)

1. splinter
2. (usually in the plural) kindling

Derived terms

• astillar
• astillero
• astilloso
• de tal palo, tal astilla
• estallar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

astilla

1. inflection of astillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “astilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014