platillo volante

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plaˌtiʝo boˈlante/ [plaˌt̪i.ʝo β̞oˈlãn̪.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /plaˌtiʝo boˈlante/ [plaˌt̪i.ʝo β̞oˈlãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /plaˌtiʎo boˈlante/ [plaˌt̪i.ʎo β̞oˈlãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /plaˌtiʃo boˈlante/ [plaˌt̪i.ʃo β̞oˈlãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /plaˌtiʒo boˈlante/ [plaˌt̪i.ʒo β̞oˈlãn̪.t̪e]

• Syllabification: pla‧ti‧llo vo‧lan‧te

Noun

platillo volante m (plural platillos volantes)

1. flying saucer (disc-shaped unidentified flying object)

   Synonym: platillo volador

Further reading

• “platillo volador, o platillo volante”, 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