Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /patɾuˈʝeɾa/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʝe.ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /patɾuˈʎeɾa/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʎe.ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /patɾuˈʃeɾa/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʃe.ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /patɾuˈʒeɾa/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʒe.ɾa]

  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: pa‧tru‧lle‧ra

Noun

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patrullera f (plural patrulleras)

  1. patrol boat
    • 2009 June 10, “Gadafi levanta una tienda en Roma”, in BBC Mundo[1]:
      El año pasado, Italia le entregó tres patrulleras a Libia como parte de un acuerdo destinado a llevar a cabo operaciones conjuntas en el Mediterráneo.
      Last year, Italy gave three patrol boats to Libya as part of an agreement to complete joint operations in the Mediterranean.

Adjective

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patrullera

  1. feminine singular of patrullero

Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French patrouiller, equivalent to patrull +‎ -era

Verb

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patrullera (present patrullerar, preterite patrullerade, supine patrullerat, imperative patrullera)

  1. to patrol

Conjugation

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