a la llama
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to the flame”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a la ˈʝama/ [a la ˈʝa.ma] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /a la ˈʎama/ [a la ˈʎa.ma] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /a la ˈʃama/ [a la ˈʃa.ma] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /a la ˈʒama/ [a la ˈʒa.ma] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: a la lla‧ma
Adverb
- (colloquial, El Salvador) right away; immediately
Further reading
- “llama”, 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