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noun, feminine

rodilla

/roˈdiʝa/

noun, feminine/roˈdiʝa/plural: rodillas

knee (joint or region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank)

Synonyms: hinojo

Related: a media rodilla, arrodillar, de rodillas, rodilla en tierra

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Late Latin rotella Old Spanish rodiella Spanish rodilla Inherited from Old Spanish rodiella, from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).