polvorilla
Spanish
Etymology
pólvora + -illa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /polboˈɾiʝa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /polboˈɾiʎa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /polboˈɾiʃa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /polboˈɾiʒa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.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: pol‧vo‧ri‧lla
Noun
polvorilla m or f (plural polvorillas)
- an antsy person; a livewire
Further reading
- “polvorilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014