cotilla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cotilla (“corset”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈti.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [koˈti.ʎa]

Noun

cotilla f (plural cotilles)

1. corset
2. (figurative) restraint
   • 2021 July 20, “Un revulsiu per a la informalitat”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Si abans era poc habitual que un escriptor optés per caracteritzar els seus personatges amb un registre informal, o ho feia a mitges i esquitxant el text de cursives, ara han caigut totes les cotilles i la informalitat campa lliurement; […]

     It used to be uncommon for writers to characterize their protagonists in an informal tone, or when done at all, it was half-hearted and sprinkled with italics, but these restraints are gone now and informality has been set free; […]

Further reading

• “cotilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cotilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of cota (“coat of mail”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈtiʝa/ [koˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koˈtiʝa/ [koˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /koˈtiʎa/ [koˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koˈtiʃa/ [koˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koˈtiʒa/ [koˈt̪i.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: co‧ti‧lla

Adjective

cotilla m or f (masculine and feminine plural cotillas)

1. (colloquial) gossipy, busybodyish, nosy

Noun

cotilla m or f by sense (plural cotillas)

1. (colloquial) gossip, busybody, nosy

Derived terms

• cotillear

 

Noun

cotilla f (plural cotillas)

1. corset

   Synonym: corsé

Descendants

• → Catalan: cotilla

Further reading

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