pelliza

Spanish

Etymology

By surface analysis, piel +‎ -iza, the former having been piell in Old Spanish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peˈʝiθa/ [peˈʝi.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /peˈʎiθa/ [peˈʎi.θa] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /peˈʝisa/ [peˈʝi.sa] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /peˈʎisa/ [peˈʎi.sa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /peˈʃisa/ [peˈʃi.sa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /peˈʒisa/ [peˈʒi.sa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
Rhymes: -isa (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: pe‧lli‧za

Noun

pelliza f (plural pellizas)

a fur coat
a faux fur coat or jacket
a dolman jacket

Further reading

“pelliza”, 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