firulais

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiɾuˈlais/ [fi.ɾuˈlai̯s]
• Rhymes: -ais
• Syllabification: fi‧ru‧lais

Proper noun

firulais m

1. (slang, Mexico, El Salvador) Alternative letter-case form of Firulais: a generic name used for a stray dog

Noun

firulais m (plural firulaises)

1. (slang, Mexico, El Salvador) any stray dog

Further reading

• “firulais”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010