chupalla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chupalla.

Noun

chupalla

1. Fascicularia bicolor, a Chilean bromeliad.

Spanish

A variety of chupallas on display

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʝa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃuˈpaʝa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /t͡ʃuˈpaʎa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃuˈpaʃa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃuˈpaʒa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Rhymes: -aʎa
• Rhymes: -aʃa
• Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: chu‧pa‧lla

Noun

chupalla f (plural chupallas)

1. A type of Chilean straw hat
2. Fascicularia bicolor, a Chilean bromeliad.

Derived terms

• por la chupalla

Further reading

• “chupalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10