Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From orilla +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾiˈʝaɾ/ [o.ɾiˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oɾiˈʎaɾ/ [o.ɾiˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾiˈʃaɾ/ [o.ɾiˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾiˈʒaɾ/ [o.ɾiˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: o‧ri‧llar

Verb edit

orillar (first-person singular present orillo, first-person singular preterite orillé, past participle orillado)

  1. (transitive) to fix, solve
  2. (transitive, figurative) to avoid, skirt
    • 2020 August 15, “Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo: “Urge un Gobierno de concentración moral y constitucional en España””, in El País[1]:
      Pocos dirigentes del PP han sido tan críticos con los postulados de Vox como yo. Pero ese dato se orilla porque no encaja con mi etiqueta.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (intransitive) to pull over (to the side of a road, etc.)

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