calilla
Spanish
Etymology
From cala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈliʝa/ [kaˈli.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaˈliʎa/ [kaˈli.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaˈliʃa/ [kaˈli.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaˈliʒa/ [kaˈli.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ca‧li‧lla
Noun
calilla f (plural calillas)
- (colloquial, Latin America) annoyance, bother
- Synonym: molestia
- (colloquial, Chile) debt
- Synonym: deuda
- (Guatemala, Honduras) annoying person
- (Colombia) thin and long cigar
Related terms
- encalillar
Further reading
- “calilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “calilla”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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