pelusilla

Spanish

Etymology

From pelusa +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peluˈsiʝa/ [pe.luˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peluˈsiʝa/ [pe.luˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peluˈsiʎa/ [pe.luˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peluˈsiʃa/ [pe.luˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peluˈsiʒa/ [pe.luˈsi.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: pe‧lu‧si‧lla

Noun

pelusilla f (plural pelusillas)

1. Diminutive of pelusa (“fluff”)

Further reading

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