hilacha

Spanish

Etymology

From hilo +‎ -acha.

Noun

hilacha f (plural hilachas)

1. loose thread, shred of fabric

Further reading

• “hilacha”, 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