morralla

From morro (“snout”) +‎ -alla.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈra.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈra.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈra.ʎa]

morralla f (plural morralles)

1. a mix, similar to whitebait, of small shorefish considered not worth selling individually, generally used to make stock for soups, stews, and paella

   Synonym: raballa

2. (figurative) a worthless person or thing

morralla f (plural morralles)

1. (usually in the plural) headgear (of a harness)

• cabeçada

• “morralla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From morro (“hill”) +‎ -alla

• Syllabification: mo‧rra‧lla

morralla f (plural morrallas)

1. junk; something of low quality

   Synonym: chatarra

   • c. 1890-1900, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, En el mar:

     Las redes sólo sacaban algas o pez menudo, morralla de la que se deshace en la sartén. Los atunes habían tomado este año otro camino, y nadie conseguía izar uno sobre su barca.

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2. riffraff

   Synonyms: chusma, gentuza

3. small fry (fish)

   Synonym: pescadito

4. (colloquial) change (small coins)

   Synonym: calderilla

• “morralla”, 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
• “morralla”, 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
• “morralla”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
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