criadilla

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish criar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish criada

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish criadilla

From criada + -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈdiʝa/ [kɾjaˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈdiʝa/ [kɾjaˈð̞i.ʝa] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈdiʎa/ [kɾjaˈð̞i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈdiʃa/ [kɾjaˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈdiʒa/ [kɾjaˈð̞i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈdia/ [kɾjaˈð̞i.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: cria‧di‧lla

Noun

criadilla f (plural criadillas)

1. diminutive of criada (“servant”)
2. (cooking) testicle

   Synonym: testículo

   • 2015 September 18, “La chicha que nos une”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 November 2025:

     Unas se utilizan para adobar carnes, otras acaban condimentando guisos y una de ellas, la chicha a medio madurar, se convierte en chichagre, el sutil y estimulante vinagre que acompaña los jayaris, platos fríos como el escribano o las zarzas de lapas, manitas de cerdo o criadillas, que acompañan, junto a la jarra de chicha fresca, el comienzo de las comidas.

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3. potato

   Synonym: patata

Derived terms

• criadilla de mar
• criadilla de tierra (“truffle”)

Descendants

• → Catalan: creïlla

Further reading

• “criadilla”, 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