metralla

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mitraille.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈtɾa.ʎə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [meˈtɾa.ʎa]

Noun

metralla f (plural metralles)

Derived terms

Further reading

“metralla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Verb

metralla

inflection of metrallar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology

French mitraille.

Noun

metralla f (plural metrallas)

grapeshot
shrapnel
vellon (Spanish ancient coin)
host of impertinences

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French mitraille.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈtɾaʝa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meˈtɾaʎa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈtɾaʃa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈtɾaʒa/ [meˈt̪ɾa.ʒa]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa

Syllabification: me‧tra‧lla

Noun

metralla f (plural metrallas)

Derived terms

ametrallar
bote de metralla
metrallazo

Related terms

metralleta

Further reading

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

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