astilla

See also: astillá

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /asˈtiʝa/ [asˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /asˈtiʝa/ [asˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asˈtiʎa/ [asˈt̪i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /asˈtiʃa/ [asˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /asˈtiʒa/ [asˈt̪i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /asˈtia/ [asˈt̪i.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: 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025