pasilla

English

Two pasilla chilies

Etymology

From the Spanish pasilla, diminutive of pasa (“raisin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈsiːjə/

Noun

pasilla (plural pasillas)

1. A variety of chili (a dried chilaca), used especially in sauces.
   • 2007 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “A Serving of Kalderetang, and a Guy to Explain It”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Is it worth $9.99 to have someone buy and cook short ribs, shred them, season them with chipotle, arbol and pasilla chilies, mix them with slices of nopales (cactus paddles), fill two soft tortillas with the mixture and slather them with a rich sauce so you can have beef short rib enchiladas with salsa mestiza and cactus for dinner?

Spanish

Etymology

From pasa +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈsiʝa/ [paˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈsiʝa/ [paˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /paˈsiʎa/ [paˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈsiʃa/ [paˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈsiʒa/ [paˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: pa‧si‧lla

Noun

pasilla f (plural pasillas)

1. pasilla (chili)

Descendants

• → English: pasilla