botella

Aragonese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈteʎa/
• Syllabification: bo‧te‧lla
• Rhymes: -eʎa

Noun

botella f (plural botellas)

1. bottle

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “botella”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Noun

botella f (plural botelles)

1. bottle

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouteille or via Spanish botella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈte.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈte.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [boˈte.ʎa]

Noun

botella f (plural botelles)

1. wineskin
2. bottle

   Synonym: ampolla

3. flask
4. type of bagpipes

   Synonyms: sac de gemecs, cornamusa

Derived terms

• boteller
• botellot
• embotellar

Further reading

• “botella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish botella (“bottle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈteʎa/, [boˈt̪e.ʎa]
• Hyphenation: bo‧te‧lla

Noun

botella

1. (Caviteño, Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) bottle

   Synonym: (Ternateño) bote

Cornish

Etymology

From botel (“bottle”) +‎ -a.

Verb

botella

1. to bottle

   Synonym: botla

Conjugation

Conjugation of botella

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present/future	botellav	botellydh	botell	botellyn	botellowgh	botellons	botellir
	preterite	botellis	botellsys	botellas	botellsyn	botellsowgh	botellsons	botellas
	imperfect	botellen	botelles	botella	botellen	botellewgh	botellens	botellys
	pluperfect	botellsen	botellses	botellsa	botellsen	botellsewgh	botellsens	botellsys
subjunctive	present/future	botelliv	botelli	botello	botellyn	botellowgh	botellons	boteller
	imperfect	botellen	botelles	botella	botellen	botellewgh	botellens	botellys
imperative		—	botell	botelles	botellyn	botellewgh	botellens	—
non-finites		present participle			verbal adjective
		ow potella			botellys

Mutation

Mutation of botella

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
botella	votella	unchanged	potella	fotella, votella*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “botella” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Galician

Alternative forms

• botelha (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈteɟa/ [boˈt̪e.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɟa
• Hyphenation: bo‧tel‧la

Noun

botella f (plural botellas)

1. bottle

   Synonyms: limeta, libeta

   864 Malos demonios as leven unha botella sin viño , unha caixa sin tabaco e unha ola sin touciño.

   864 Evil demons take a bottle without wine, a box without tobacco and a bowl without bacon.

Derived terms

• embotellar

Further reading

• “botella”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Varias botellas ― Various bottles

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask, barrel”). First attested in 1721, displaced frasco in general use. Doublet of botija. Cognate with English bottle.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /boˈteʝa/ [boˈt̪e.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /boˈteʝa/ [boˈt̪e.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /boˈteʎa/ [boˈt̪e.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /boˈteʃa/ [boˈt̪e.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /boˈteʒa/ [boˈt̪e.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -eʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: bo‧te‧lla

Noun

botella f (plural botellas)

1. bottle
2. tank (closed container for liquids or gases)

Derived terms

• abrebotellas m (“bottle opener”)
• blanca y en botella, leche
• botellazo m (“hit with a bottle”)
• botellero m (“crate”)
• botellín m (“(small) bottle; flask”)
• botellón m (“street binge drinking”)
• botillería f (“bottle shop, beverage store”)
• cuello de botella m (“bottleneck”)
• delfín nariz de botella
• embotellar (“to bottle”)

Related terms

• bota
• botija
• boto

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: botelya
• → Catalan: botella
• → Cebuano: botelya
• → Tagalog: botelya (dated)
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: botieya
• → Taos: butéyoną (+ -ną)
• → Yatzachi Zapotec: botey
• → Ye'kwana: joteya
• → Yogad: butelya
• → Yurok: poteya

Further reading

• “botella”, 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

Anagrams

• bellota