abubilla

Spanish

abubilla

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *upupella, diminutive of Latin upupa.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /abuˈbiʎa/, [aβuˈβiʎa]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /abuˈbiɟ͡ʝa/, [aβuˈβiʝa]

Noun

abubilla f (plural abubillas)

hoopoe (the bird Upupa epops)

Further reading

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

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