polvorilla

Spanish

Etymology

From pólvora +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /polboˈɾiʝa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /polboˈɾiʝa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /polboˈɾiʎa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /polboˈɾiʃa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /polboˈɾiʒa/ [pol.β̞oˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: pol‧vo‧ri‧lla

Noun

polvorilla m or f by sense (plural polvorillas)

1. an antsy person; a livewire
   • 2021, Juana Gallardo Díaz, Mi Abuela Americana:

     Santiago, que era un polvorilla, empezó a dar signos de impaciencia

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “polvorilla”, 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