metralla

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mitraille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈtɾa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [meˈtɾa.ʎa]

Noun

metralla f (plural metralles)

1. grapeshot
2. shrapnel
3. machine gun fire

Derived terms

• metrallar
• metraller
• metralleta

 

Further reading

• “metralla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

metralla

1. inflection of metrallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology

French mitraille.

Noun

metralla f (plural metrallas)

1. grapeshot
2. shrapnel
3. vellon (Spanish ancient coin)
4. host of impertinences

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French mitraille.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /meˈtɾaʝa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈtɾaʝa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meˈtɾaʎa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈtɾaʃa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈtɾaʒa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: me‧tra‧lla

Noun

metralla f (plural metrallas)

1. grapeshot
2. shrapnel

Derived terms

• ametrallar
• bote de metralla
• metrallazo

 

Related terms

• metralleta

 

Further reading

• “metralla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014