guilla
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā.
Noun edit
guilla f (plural guilles)
- fox
- common thresher shark
- peacock blenny
- Synonym: gallerbo
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic غِلَّة.
Noun edit
guilla f (plural guilles)
Further reading edit
- “guilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “guilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “guilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
guilla f (plural guillas)
- (Panama, slang) A state of losing concentration or becoming distracted, either due to a mental lapse or being in a state of introspection.
- (Panama, slang, by extension) The mental lapse or introspection itself.
- (Panama, slang) An obsession or full focus on an idea or belief, regardless of its plausibility or veracity.
- (Panama, slang, by analogy) A complicated or messy situation.
Further reading edit
- “guilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014