albardilla

Spanish

Etymology

From albarda +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /albaɾˈdiʝa/ [al.β̞aɾˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /albaɾˈdiʝa/ [al.β̞aɾˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /albaɾˈdiʎa/ [al.β̞aɾˈð̞i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /albaɾˈdiʃa/ [al.β̞aɾˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /albaɾˈdiʒa/ [al.β̞aɾˈð̞i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /albaɾˈdia/ [al.β̞aɾˈð̞i.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: al‧bar‧di‧lla

Noun

albardilla f (plural albardillas)

1. (architecture) coping
2. (uncommon) cheating

Further reading

• “albardilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “albardilla”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010