gavilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈbiʝa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaˈbiʎa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈbiʃa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈbiʒa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.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: ga‧vi‧lla

Noun

gavilla f (plural gavillas)

sheaf
mob
- 2016 July, “Diálogo y tupamaros”, in El Nacional‎:
  En lugar de sus maestros, toparon con una gavilla que no solo los despojó a la fuerza de sus útiles escolares, sino también de la ropa que vestían.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(heraldry) garb

Derived terms

agavillar

Further reading

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

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