pelleja
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pellicla, from Latin pellicula, diminutive of pellis (“pelt, hide”). Compare the borrowed doublet película.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈʝexa/ [peˈʝe.xa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peˈʎexa/ [peˈʎe.xa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈʃexa/ [peˈʃe.xa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʒexa/ [peˈʒe.xa]
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: pe‧lle‧ja
Noun
pelleja f (plural pellejas)
- animal skin, hide
- Synonyms: cuero, piel
- pelt
- Synonym: piel
Derived terms
- pellejo
Related terms
- película
- piel
Further reading
- “pelleja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014