chilla

See also: chillá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chilla.

Noun

chilla (plural chillas)

  1. The South American gray fox.

Anagrams

Mapudungun

Noun

chilla

  1. saddle, mount
  2. fox (South American gray fox)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

chilla

  1. inflection of chille:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʎa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʒa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: chi‧lla

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mapudungun chilla (“fox”).

Noun

chilla f (plural chillas)

  1. the South American gray fox
    Synonyms: zorro gris, zorro patagónico

Etymology 2

Verb

chilla

  1. inflection of chillar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From English chill +‎ -a.

Verb

chilla (present chillar, preterite chillade, supine chillat, imperative chilla)

  1. (slang) to kick back (relax)
    Hon chillar i poolen
    She's relaxing in the pool
  2. (slang) to chill (calm down from an agitated state)
    Chilla!
    Chill!

Conjugation

Conjugation of chilla (weak)
active passive
infinitive chilla chillas
supine chillat chillats
imperative chilla —
imper. plural1 chillen —
present past present past
indicative chillar chillade chillas chillades
ind. plural1 chilla chillade chillas chillades
subjunctive2 chille chillade chilles chillades
present participle chillande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

References

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