botella

/boˈteʝa/ · A2 · noun · f

bottle

botella — bottle

🍾 botella = bottle: same word, from Late Latin butticula, little cask

Botella and English bottle are cognates, both from Late Latin butticula, a diminutive of buttis (cask). Swap the -le ending for -ella and say the ll as a y sound: bo-TEH-ya. It is feminine: la botella.

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