apagallamas
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of apaga (“to extinguish”) + llamas (“flames”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˌpaɡaˈʝamas/ [aˌpa.ɣ̞aˈʝa.mas] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aˌpaɡaˈʎamas/ [aˌpa.ɣ̞aˈʎa.mas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /aˌpaɡaˈʃamas/ [aˌpa.ɣ̞aˈʃa.mas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aˌpaɡaˈʒamas/ [aˌpa.ɣ̞aˈʒa.mas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -amas
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧ga‧lla‧mas
Noun
apagallamas m (plural apagallamas)
Further reading
- “apagallamas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025