marejadilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾexaˈdiʝa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /maɾexaˈdiʎa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /maɾexaˈdiʃa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /maɾexaˈdiʒa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.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: ma‧re‧ja‧di‧lla
Noun
marejadilla f (plural marejadillas)
- diminutive of marejada
- 2016 October 3, “Parlon e Iceta, de empate en empate”, in El Periódico[1]:
- Ha sido solo un lance en un partido amistoso; comparado con el maremoto del PSOE, las primarias del PSC son marejadilla en un vaso de agua.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “marejadilla”, 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