chupalla
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish chupalla.
Noun
chupalla
- Fascicularia bicolor, a Chilean bromeliad.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʝa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʎa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʃa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʒa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: chu‧pa‧lla
Noun
chupalla f (plural chupallas)
- A type of Chilean straw hat
- Fascicularia bicolor, a Chilean bromeliad.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chupalla”, 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