colilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cola +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈliʝa/ [koˈli.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /koˈliʎa/ [koˈli.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /koˈliʃa/ [koˈli.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /koˈliʒa/ [koˈli.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: co‧li‧lla

Noun

colilla f (plural colillas)

butt, stub (remnant of a smoked cigarette)
roach (butt of a marijuana cigarette)

Further reading

“colilla”, 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