escardilla

Spanish

Etymology

From escarda +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /eskaɾˈdiʝa/ [es.kaɾˈð̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /eskaɾˈdiʎa/ [es.kaɾˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /eskaɾˈdiʃa/ [es.kaɾˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /eskaɾˈdiʒa/ [es.kaɾˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: es‧car‧di‧lla

Noun

escardilla f (plural escardillas)

  1. hoe
    Synonyms: almocafre, escardadera, escardillo, azadilla, garabato
    • 2018 September 4, EL NACIONAL WEB, “De chamba y chambones”, in El Nacional‎[1]:
      Están desaprovechando sus mejores años lijando piedras al descampado, echando machete y jalando escardilla al sol, pero ese sacrificio no mueve ni un milímetro la economía.
      They are wasting their best years grinding stones in the field, swinging machetes and dragging hoes under the sun, but that sacrifice doesn't move the economy a millimeter.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.