palillona
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paliˈʝona/ [pa.liˈʝo.na] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /paliˈʎona/ [pa.liˈʎo.na] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /paliˈʃona/ [pa.liˈʃo.na] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /paliˈʒona/ [pa.liˈʒo.na] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ona
- Syllabification: pa‧li‧llo‧na
Noun
palillona f (plural palillonas)
- (Honduras) majorette
- Synonyms: bastonera, cachiporrista (El Salvador)
Further reading
- “palillona”, 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