pastilla

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish pastilla. Doublet of pastegh, pastel, pastiglia, pastila, and pastille.

Noun

pastilla (countable and uncountable, plural pastillas)

  1. A Moroccan meat pie, usually of pigeon.
    • 1988, Mark Ellingham, Shaun McVeigh, The Rough Guide to Morocco (The Rough Guides), London: Harrap-Columbus, →ISBN, page 148:
      The lower (right-hand) fork is the Talaa Seghira, or Rue du Petit Talaa, a street which begins with a handful of small foodstalls where you can buy chunks of pastilla – the great Fassi delicacy of pigeon-pie; […]

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

pastilla f (plural pastilles)

  1. bar (of soap, chocolate, etc.)
  2. pill, tablet

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), a diminutive form of pasta (“dough, paste”), equivalent to pasta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pasˈtiʝa/ [pasˈt̪i.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /pasˈtiʎa/ [pasˈt̪i.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pasˈtiʃa/ [pasˈt̪i.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pasˈtiʒa/ [pasˈt̪i.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: pas‧ti‧lla

Noun

pastilla f (plural pastillas)

  1. pill
    Synonyms: píldora, tableta
  2. cake (block of a dense material)
  3. bar (block of soap or chocolate)
  4. cube (cube of stock)
  5. pad (brake pad)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Arabic: بَسْطِيلَة (basṭīla)
  • → Catalan: pastilla
  • → English: pastilla
  • → French: pastille
  • → Italian: pastiglia
  • → Portuguese: pastilha

Further reading
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