arpillera

English

Etymology

From Spanish arpillera (literally “burlap”).

Noun

arpillera (plural arpilleras)

1. A patchwork picture made predominantly by women in Chile, especially as a form of underground protest during the military dictatorship (1973–90) of Augusto Pinochet.

Related terms

• arpillerista

Catalan

Etymology

From the same source as xarpellera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.piˈʎe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.piˈʎe.ɾa]

Noun

arpillera f (plural arpilleres)

1. burlap, sackcloth

   Synonym: xarpellera

References

• “arpillera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “arpillera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Most likely from the same source as French serpillière and Aragonese sarpillera.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾpiˈʝeɾa/ [aɾ.piˈʝe.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aɾpiˈʝeɾa/ [aɾ.piˈʝe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aɾpiˈʎeɾa/ [aɾ.piˈʎe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɾpiˈʃeɾa/ [aɾ.piˈʃe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾpiˈʒeɾa/ [aɾ.piˈʒe.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ar‧pi‧lle‧ra

Noun

arpillera f (plural arpilleras)

1. sackcloth

Further reading

• “arpillera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10