pelusilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peluˈsiʝa/ [pe.luˈsi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /peluˈsiʎa/ [pe.luˈsi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /peluˈsiʃa/ [pe.luˈsi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /peluˈsiʒa/ [pe.luˈsi.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: pe‧lu‧si‧lla
Noun
pelusilla f (plural pelusillas)
- diminutive of pelusa (“fluff”)
Further reading
- “pelusilla”, 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