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noun, feminine

mijilla

/miˈxiʝa/

noun, feminine/miˈxiʝa/plural: mijillas

a little bit, a tiny amount, a smidge (almost always used in the singular with the indefinite article una)

Ponme una mijilla más de pan, por favor.Give me a little bit more bread, please.

Synonyms: un poco, poquito, pizca

Diminutive of mija (a colloquial phonetic variant of miga (“crumb”) or miaja), using the diminutive suffix -illa.