perrilla
Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps an alteration of perlilla, diminutive of perla (“pearl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈriʝa/ [peˈri.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /peˈriʎa/ [peˈri.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /peˈriʃa/ [peˈri.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /peˈriʒa/ [peˈri.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: pe‧rri‧lla
Noun
perrilla f (plural perrillas)
Further reading
- “perrilla”, 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
- “perrilla”, 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