firulais
Spanish
Alternative forms
- firuláis
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈɾulais/ [fiˈɾu.lai̯s]
- Rhymes: -ulais
- IPA(key): /fiɾuˈlais/ [fi.ɾuˈlai̯s]
Audio (El Salvador): (file) - Rhymes: -ais
- Syllabification: fi‧ru‧lais
Proper noun
firulais m
- (slang, Mexico, El Salvador) alternative letter-case form of Firulais: a generic name used for a stray dog
Noun
firulais m (plural firulaises)
- (slang, Mexico, El Salvador) any stray dog
Further reading
- “firulais”, 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
- “firulais”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
- FIRULAIS