ferralla

Catalan

Etymology

From ferro (“iron”) +‎ -alla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈra.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [feˈra.ʎa]

Noun

ferralla f (plural ferralles)

1. scrap metal

Further reading

• “ferralla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “ferralla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “ferralla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ferralla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ferraille.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /feˈraʝa/ [feˈra.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /feˈraʝa/ [feˈra.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /feˈraʎa/ [feˈra.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /feˈraʃa/ [feˈra.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /feˈraʒa/ [feˈra.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

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

• Syllabification: fe‧rra‧lla

Noun

ferralla f (uncountable)

1. scrap (metal)

   Synonym: chatarra

2. steel framework

Further reading

• “ferralla”, 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