película

See also: pel·lícula

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pellicula, from pellis (“skin”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈli.ku.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈli.ku.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈli.ku.lɐ/

Rhymes: -ikulɐ
Hyphenation: pe‧lí‧cu‧la

Noun

película f (plural películas)

film (thin layer of some substance)
film, movie
Synonyms: filme, fita

Further reading

“película” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pellicula, from pellis (“skin”). Compare the inherited doublet pelleja. See also English pellicle, pellicule.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peˈlikula/ [peˈli.ku.la]
Rhymes: -ikula
Syllabification: pe‧lí‧cu‧la

Noun

película f (plural películas)

film (layer)
movie (US, Canada), film
Synonyms: filme, film, cinta
story (invented story, especially one as an excuse)
Synonym: cuento

Derived terms

Related terms

pellejo

Descendants

Chavacano: pelicula
→ Basque: pelikula
→ Cebuano: pelikula
→ Hiligaynon: pelikula
→ Ilocano: pelikula
→ Tagalog: pelikula

Further reading

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

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