gavilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbiʝa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbiʎa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbiʃa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbiʒa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: ga‧vi‧lla

Noun

gavilla f (plural gavillas)

  1. sheaf
  2. mob
    • 2016 July, “Diálogo y tupamaros”, in El Nacional‎[1]:
      En lugar de sus maestros, toparon con una gavilla que no solo los despojó a la fuerza de sus útiles escolares, sino también de la ropa que vestían.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (heraldry) garb

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