gacetilla

Spanish

Etymology

From gaceta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaθeˈtiʝa/ [ɡa.θeˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /ɡaθeˈtiʝa/ [ɡa.θeˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /ɡaθeˈtiʎa/ [ɡa.θeˈt̪i.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡaseˈtiʝa/ [ɡa.seˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /ɡaseˈtiʝa/ [ɡa.seˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /ɡaseˈtiʎa/ [ɡa.seˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaseˈtiʃa/ [ɡa.seˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaseˈtiʒa/ [ɡa.seˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ga‧ce‧ti‧lla

Noun

gacetilla f (plural gacetillas)

1. short piece of news
2. gossip (in a newspaper)

Derived terms

• gacetillera
• gacetillero

 

Further reading

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