hilera

Etymology

From hilo (“thread”) +‎ -era. Cognate with Portuguese fileira, Portuguese fieira, Galician fieira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈleɾa/ [iˈle.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: hi‧le‧ra

Noun

hilera f (plural hileras)

1. row, windrow

   coches estacionados en hilera

   cars parked in a row

   1. (knitting) a row of stitches knit flat (not in the round)

Further reading

• “hilera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Alternative forms

• helera
• ilera

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hilera, but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈleɾa/ [hɪˈlɛː.ɾɐ], (colloquial) /heˈleɾa/ [hɛˈlɛː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: hi‧le‧ra

Noun

hilera (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜇ)

1. row; line; file

   Synonyms: hanay, pila, linya, halayhay

Further reading

• “hilera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 322