rencilla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ringella, from ringī.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /renˈθiʝa/ [rẽn̟ˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /renˈθiʝa/ [rẽn̟ˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /renˈθiʎa/ [rẽn̟ˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /renˈsiʝa/ [rẽnˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /renˈsiʝa/ [rẽnˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /renˈsiʎa/ [rẽnˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /renˈsiʃa/ [rẽnˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /renˈsiʒa/ [rẽnˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ren‧ci‧lla

Noun

rencilla f (plural rencillas)

1. quarrel, row
2. tit for tat

Derived terms

• rencilloso

 

Related terms

• reñir

 

Further reading

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