cuadrilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish cuadrilla (“team”). Doublet of quadrille.

Noun

cuadrilla (plural cuadrillas)

(bullfighting) The team which supports the matador.

Translations

team which supports the matador

French: quadrille (fr) m or f
Spanish: cuadrilla (es) f

Galician

Alternative forms

quadrilha (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuadrilla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kwaˈðɾiʎɐ]

Noun

cuadrilla m (plural cuadrillas)

team, crew of workers, specially those working on construction or agriculture

References

“cuadrilla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“cuadrilla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“cuadrilla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From cuadro +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kwaˈdɾiʝa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kwaˈdɾiʎa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kwaˈdɾiʃa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kwaˈdɾiʒa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.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: cua‧dri‧lla

Noun

cuadrilla f (plural cuadrillas)

crew, team
- 1867, Jorge Isaacs, María:
  Mandé orden al capitán de la cuadrilla de esclavos para que aquella noche la trajese a rezar en casa.
  I ordered the captain of the slave crew to bring her home to pray that night
gang (number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose)
Synonym: pandilla
(derogatory) gang (group of criminals or alleged criminals)
(bullfighting) cuadrilla

Derived terms

cuadrillero

Descendants

→ Catalan: quadrilla
→ English: cuadrilla
→ Portuguese: quadrilha

Further reading

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

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