comillas simples

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʝas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʝas ˈsĩm.ples]

• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʝas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʝas ˈsĩm.ples] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʎas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʎas ˈsĩm.ples] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʃas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʃas ˈsĩm.ples] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koˌmiʒas ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.ʒas ˈsĩm.ples] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /koˌmias ˈsimples/ [koˌmi.as ˈsĩm.ples] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: co‧mi‧llas sim‧ples

Noun

comillas simples f pl (plural only)

1. single quotation marks (of the kind like ‘ ’)

Further reading

• “comillas simples”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026