tirilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tiˈɾiʝa/ [t̪iˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tiˈɾiʝa/ [t̪iˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tiˈɾiʎa/ [t̪iˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tiˈɾiʃa/ [t̪iˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tiˈɾiʒa/ [t̪iˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ti‧ri‧lla

Noun

tirilla f (plural tirillas)

1. diminutive of tira
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 271:

     Se le corta una hoja, la que se echa a hervir en una cazuela, juntamente con siete tirillas de hollejo de huevo, y con una pequeña cinta, dentro de la cual hay cosidos siete pelos de perro blanco.

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Further reading

• “tirilla”, 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