palillona

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paliˈʝona/ [pa.liˈʝo.na]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paliˈʝona/ [pa.liˈʝo.na]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /paliˈʎona/ [pa.liˈʎo.na]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paliˈʃona/ [pa.liˈʃo.na]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paliˈʒona/ [pa.liˈʒo.na]

• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: pa‧li‧llo‧na

Noun

palillona f (plural palillonas)

1. (Honduras) majorette

   Synonyms: bastonera, cachiporrista (El Salvador)

Further reading

• “palillona”, 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