metralleta

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /metɾaˈʝeta/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʝe.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /metɾaˈʝeta/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʝe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /metɾaˈʎeta/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʎe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /metɾaˈʃeta/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʃe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /metɾaˈʒeta/ [me.t̪ɾaˈʒe.t̪a]

• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: me‧tra‧lle‧ta

Noun

metralleta f (plural metralletas)

1. submachine gun

Related terms

• metralla

 

Further reading

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