canastilla

Spanish

Etymology

From canasta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kanasˈtiʝa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kanasˈtiʎa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kanasˈtiʃa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kanasˈtiʒa/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.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: ca‧nas‧ti‧lla

Noun

canastilla f (plural canastillas)

Diminutive of canasta, a small basket

Further reading

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

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