película

See also: pel·lícula

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pellicula, from pellis (“skin”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈli.ku.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈli.ku.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈli.ku.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈli.ku.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧lí‧cu‧la

Noun

película f (plural películas)

1. film (thin layer of some substance)
2. film, movie

   Synonyms: filme, fita

Further reading

• “película”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pellicula, from pellis (“skin”). Compare the inherited doublet pelleja. See also English pellicle, pellicule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈlikula/ [peˈli.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: pe‧lí‧cu‧la

Noun

película f (plural películas)

1. film (layer)
2. movie (US, Canada), film

   Synonyms: filme, film, cinta

3. story (invented story, especially one as an excuse)

   Synonym: cuento

Derived terms

• de película
• peli
• película de terror
• película policíaca
• peliculero

 

Related terms

• pellejo

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: pelicula
• → Basque: pelikula
• → Cebuano: pelikula
• → Hiligaynon: pelikula
• → Ilocano: pelikula
• → Tagalog: pelikula

Further reading

• “película”, 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