gorrilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoˈriʝa/ [ɡoˈri.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡoˈriʎa/ [ɡoˈri.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡoˈriʃa/ [ɡoˈri.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡoˈriʒa/ [ɡoˈri.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: go‧rri‧lla
Noun
gorrilla f (plural gorrillas)
- diminutive of gorra
- 2015 November 24, “Columna”, in El País[1]:
- Grabando un personaje episódico para una serie de televisión, mi partenaire Malena Alterio (bonísima actriz y graciosa a más no poder, no hace falta ni decirlo) me preguntó por un muchacho con gorrilla que me acompañaba a todos lados y que, de vez en cuando entre toma y toma, me hablaba aparte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Spain) person who advises of the existence of a free parking space and helps with directions to park in exchange for a tip (and if you don't tip them, they'll probably scratch your car)
- Synonyms: franelero, viene-viene
Further reading
- “gorrilla”, 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