palomilla

palomilla

English

Noun

palomilla (uncountable)

1. A Cuban dish of round steak marinated in garlic and lime juice and then pan-fried.

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Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of paloma.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paloˈmiʝa/ [pa.loˈmi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paloˈmiʝa/ [pa.loˈmi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /paloˈmiʎa/ [pa.loˈmi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paloˈmiʃa/ [pa.loˈmi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paloˈmiʒa/ [pa.loˈmi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: pa‧lo‧mi‧lla

Noun

palomilla f (plural palomillas)

1. wing nut
2. a mixture of water and anise liquor
3. (piece of) popcorn
4. white horse
5. ball bearing
6. sirloin (cut of beef)
7. gutter hanger
8. (Guatemala, Mexico) clique; club;. band (of people with a similar hobby)
9. (Honduras, Mexico, Panama) gang (of criminals, thugs etc.)
10. (Honduras, Mexico) gang (of youths)
11. (Cuba, Panama) clique; club;. band (of people with a similar hobby)
12. white horse; whitecap (wave)
13. any of a number of butterflies and plants
    1. Indianmeal moth (Plodia interpunctella)
    2. green oak tortrix (Tortrix viridana)
    3. fumitory (Fumaria)
    4. dyer's alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria)
    5. European columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)
    6. ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
    7. alpine toadflax (Linaria alpina)

References

• "palomilla" on Spanish Wikipedia

Further reading

• “palomilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014