marejadilla

Spanish

Etymology

From marejada +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɾexaˈdiʝa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾexaˈdiʝa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /maɾexaˈdiʎa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾexaˈdiʃa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾexaˈdiʒa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ma‧re‧ja‧di‧lla

Noun

marejadilla f (plural marejadillas)

1. diminutive of marejada
   • 2016 October 3, “Parlon e Iceta, de empate en empate”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     Ha sido solo un lance en un partido amistoso; comparado con el maremoto del PSOE, las primarias del PSC son marejadilla en un vaso de agua.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “marejadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28