llamarada

Spanish

Etymology

From llama (“flame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝamaˈɾada/ [ɟ͡ʝa.maˈɾa.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝamaˈɾada/ [ɟ͡ʝa.maˈɾa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ʎamaˈɾada/ [ʎa.maˈɾa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃamaˈɾada/ [ʃa.maˈɾa.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒamaˈɾada/ [ʒa.maˈɾa.ð̞a]

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: lla‧ma‧ra‧da

Noun

llamarada f (plural llamaradas)

1. sudden flare-up, blaze

   Synonyms: fogonazo, incendio

2. flush, blush

   Synonym: sonrojo

Derived terms

• llamarada de petate

 

Further reading

• “llamarada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16