tollina

Spanish

Etymology

From dissimilation from toñina, from Vulgar Latin *thunnina, from Latin thunnus (“tuna”), alluding to the blows used to finish off this fish once its caught.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toˈʝina/ [t̪oˈʝi.na]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈʝina/ [t̪oˈʝi.na]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toˈʎina/ [t̪oˈʎi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈʃina/ [t̪oˈʃi.na]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈʒina/ [t̪oˈʒi.na]

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: to‧lli‧na

Noun

tollina f (plural tollinas)

1. beating, bashing

   Synonym: paliza

Further reading

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