polvorilla

Spanish

Etymology

From pólvora +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /polboˈɾiʝa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /polboˈɾiʝa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /polboˈɾiʎa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /polboˈɾiʃa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /polboˈɾiʒa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.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: pol‧vo‧ri‧lla

Noun

polvorilla m or f by sense (plural polvorillas)

1. an antsy person; a livewire
   • 2021, Juana Gallardo Díaz, Mi Abuela Americana:

     Santiago, que era un polvorilla, empezó a dar signos de impaciencia

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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