desarrollable

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish desarrollar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish desarrollable

From desarrollar + -able.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /desaroˈʝable/ [d̪e.sa.roˈʝa.β̞le]

• IPA^(key): /desaroˈʝable/ [d̪e.sa.roˈʝa.β̞le] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /desaroˈʎable/ [d̪e.sa.roˈʎa.β̞le] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /desaroˈʃable/ [d̪e.sa.roˈʃa.β̞le] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /desaroˈʒable/ [d̪e.sa.roˈʒa.β̞le] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /desaroˈjable/ [d̪e.sa.roˈja.β̞le] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: de‧sa‧rro‧lla‧ble

Adjective

desarrollable m or f (masculine and feminine plural desarrollables)

1. developable

Further reading

• “desarrollable”, 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