zarzaparrilla

Spanish

Etymology

From zarza (“bramble”) +‎ parrilla (“little vine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaɾθapaˈriʝa/ [θaɾ.θa.paˈri.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θaɾθapaˈriʝa/ [θaɾ.θa.paˈri.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θaɾθapaˈriʎa/ [θaɾ.θa.paˈri.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /saɾsapaˈriʝa/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /saɾsapaˈriʝa/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /saɾsapaˈriʎa/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /saɾsapaˈriʃa/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /saɾsapaˈriʒa/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.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: zar‧za‧pa‧rri‧lla

Noun

zarzaparrilla f (plural zarzaparrillas)

1. sarsaparilla (plant)
2. sarsaparilla (soft drink prepared with the root of this plant)
   • 1966, Federico Carlos Sáinz de Robles, editor, Teatro español, page 364:

     A uno, cuando le cuentan cosas antiguas, las escucha con nostalgia; parece una época perfecta, llena de añoranzas; una época que daba gusto pasear por Madrid a las cuatro de la mañana y tomarte una zarzaparrilla si se te antojaba; […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. false daisy (Eclipta prostrata)

Related terms

• zarza

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: sarsaparrella
• → English: sarsaparilla

Further reading

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