coletilla

Spanish

Etymology

From coleta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koleˈtiʝa/ [ko.leˈt̪i.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /koleˈtiʎa/ [ko.leˈt̪i.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koleˈtiʃa/ [ko.leˈt̪i.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koleˈtiʒa/ [ko.leˈt̪i.ʒa]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

Syllabification: co‧le‧ti‧lla

Noun

coletilla f (plural coletillas)

stock phrase
- 2015 September 23, “La europea”, in El País‎:
  A esa comunidad de estudiosos de discursos de Rajoy, entre los que me cuento con el mismo orgullo que un fabricante de calcetines en la feria anual de Tampa, nos llamó la atención la coletilla de la frase (“no lleva a parte alguna”) porque es habitual.
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Further reading

“coletilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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