polilla
Finnish edit
Noun edit
polilla
Noun edit
polilla
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: po‧li‧lla
Noun edit
polilla f (plural polillas)
- moth
- Synonym: mariposa nocturna
- 1962, Julio Cortázar, “Manual de instrucciones”, in Historia de cronopios y de famas:
- Y si de pronto una polilla se para al borde de un lápiz y late como un fuego ceniciento, mírala, yo la estoy mirando, estoy palpando su corazón pequeñísimo, y la oigo, esa polilla resuena en la pasta de cristal congelado, no todo está perdido.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- grub, woodworm, bookworm
- (figurative) cause of progressive destruction
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “polilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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