noun, feminine/tonaˈdiʝa/plural: tonadillas
ditty, shanty, short song
Related: tonadillero
Etymology tree Latin tonusbor. Spanish tono 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 tonada Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Old Spanish -iella Spanish -illa Spanish tonadilla From tonada + -illa.