pastilla
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish pastilla. Doublet of pastille.
Noun edit
pastilla (plural pastillas)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pastilla f (plural pastilles)
Further reading edit
- “pastilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), a diminutive form of pasta (“dough, paste”), equivalent to pasta + -illa.
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: pas‧ti‧lla
Noun edit
pastilla f (plural pastillas)
- pill
- cake (block of a dense material)
- bar (block of soap or chocolate)
- cube (cube of stock)
- pad (brake pad)
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “pastilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014