colilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cola +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈliʝa/ [koˈli.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koˈliʝa/ [koˈli.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /koˈliʎa/ [koˈli.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koˈliʃa/ [koˈli.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koˈliʒa/ [koˈli.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: co‧li‧lla

Noun

colilla f (plural colillas)

1. butt, stub (remnant of a smoked cigarette)
2. roach (butt of a marijuana cigarette)

Further reading

• “colilla”, 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