pesadilla
Spanish
Etymology
From pesado (“heavy”) + -illa. Compare Portuguese pesadelo m.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pesaˈdiʝa/ [pe.saˈð̞i.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /pesaˈdiʎa/ [pe.saˈð̞i.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pesaˈdiʃa/ [pe.saˈð̞i.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pesaˈdiʒa/ [pe.saˈð̞i.ʒa]
- (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: pe‧sa‧di‧lla
Noun
pesadilla f (plural pesadillas)
- nightmare
- (figuratively) bane
- la pesadilla de mi existencia/vida ― the bane of my existence/life
Related terms
- pesado
- pesar
Further reading
- “pesadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014