pelleja
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pellicla, from Latin pellicula, diminutive of pellis (“pelt, hide”). Compare the borrowed doublet película.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈʝexa/ [peˈʝe.xa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /peˈʎexa/ [peˈʎe.xa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /peˈʃexa/ [peˈʃe.xa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /peˈʒexa/ [peˈʒe.xa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: pe‧lle‧ja
Noun
pelleja f (plural pellejas)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “pelleja”, 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