rocola

Spanish

Etymology

From Rock-Ola, an American manufacturer of jukeboxes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈkola/ [roˈko.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: ro‧co‧la

Noun

rocola f (plural rocolas)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela) jukebox, nickelodeon

   Synonyms: gramola, sinfonola, traganíquel

Further reading

• “rocola”, 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