metralla
Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French mitraille.
Pronunciation
Noun
metralla f (plural metralles)
- grapeshot
- shrapnel
- machine gun fire
Derived terms
Further reading
- “metralla”, 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
Etymology 2
Verb
metralla
- inflection of metrallar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Etymology
Noun
metralla f (plural metrallas)
- grapeshot
- shrapnel
- vellon (Spanish ancient coin)
- host of impertinences
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French mitraille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈtɾaʝa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /meˈtɾaʎa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /meˈtɾaʃa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /meˈtɾaʒa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.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: me‧tra‧lla
Noun
metralla f (plural metrallas)
Derived terms
- ametrallar
- bote de metralla
- metrallazo
Related terms
Further reading
- “metralla”, 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