platillo volador
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plaˌtiʝo bolaˈdoɾ/ [plaˌt̪i.ʝo β̞o.laˈð̞oɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /plaˌtiʎo bolaˈdoɾ/ [plaˌt̪i.ʎo β̞o.laˈð̞oɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /plaˌtiʃo bolaˈdoɾ/ [plaˌt̪i.ʃo β̞o.laˈð̞oɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /plaˌtiʒo bolaˈdoɾ/ [plaˌt̪i.ʒo β̞o.laˈð̞oɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: pla‧ti‧llo vo‧la‧dor
Noun
platillo volador m (plural platillos voladores)
- flying saucer (disc-shaped unidentified flying object)
- Synonym: platillo volante
Further reading
- “platillo volador, o platillo volante”, 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