encaje de bolillos

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /enˌkaxe de boˈliʝos/ [ẽŋˌka.xe ð̞e β̞oˈli.ʝos] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /enˌkaxe de boˈliʎos/ [ẽŋˌka.xe ð̞e β̞oˈli.ʎos] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /enˌkaxe de boˈliʃos/ [ẽŋˌka.xe ð̞e β̞oˈli.ʃos] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /enˌkaxe de boˈliʒos/ [ẽŋˌka.xe ð̞e β̞oˈli.ʒos] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: en‧ca‧je de bo‧li‧llos

Noun

encaje de bolillos m (uncountable)

  1. bobbin lace
  2. (idiomatic) tough going; hard work

Further reading

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