banderilla
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish banderilla, from bandera (“banner”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: băn'-də-rēʹ-ə, IPA(key): /ˌbæn.dəˈɹiː.jə/
Noun
banderilla (plural banderillas)
- (bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.
Derived terms
Translations
decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish banderilla.
Pronunciation
Noun
banderilla f (plural banderilles)
Derived terms
- banderiller
Further reading
- “banderilla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Galician
Noun
banderilla f (plural banderillas)
Derived terms
- banderilleiro
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bandeˈɾiʝa/ [bãn̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /bandeˈɾiʎa/ [bãn̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /bandeˈɾiʃa/ [bãn̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /bandeˈɾiʒa/ [bãn̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, 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: ban‧de‧ri‧lla
Noun
banderilla f (plural banderillas)
- banderilla (decorated barbed stick)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: banderilla
- → Catalan: banderilla
- → Polish: banderilla
Further reading
- “banderilla”, 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