gentualla
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xenˈtwaʝa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪wa.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /xenˈtwaʎa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪wa.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /xenˈtwaʃa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪wa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /xenˈtwaʒa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪wa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: gen‧tua‧lla
Noun
gentualla f (plural gentuallas)
- (derogatory, collective) rabble, riffraff
- Synonym: gentuza
Further reading
- “gentualla”, 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