peinilla

Spanish

Etymology

From peine +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peiˈniʝa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peiˈniʎa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peiˈniʃa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peiˈniʒa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʒa]

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

Syllabification: pei‧ni‧lla

Noun

peinilla f (plural peinillas)

(Latin America) comb
- 2016 June 6, “Triste despedida en acuartelamiento”, in El Universo‎:
  En la calle no faltaban las ventas de esferos, libretas, afeitadoras, cepillos para lustrar zapatos, pastas dentales, peinillas, papel higiénico, cortaúñas que les caía muy bien a quienes no tenían.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(Latin America) short machete

Further reading

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

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