polilla
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈliʝa/ [poˈli.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /poˈliʎa/ [poˈli.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈliʃa/ [poˈli.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈliʒa/ [poˈli.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: po‧li‧lla
Noun
polilla f (plural polillas)
- moth
- Synonym: mariposa nocturna
- 1962, Julio Cortázar, “Manual de instrucciones”, in Historia de cronopios y de famas:
- Y si de pronto una polilla se para al borde de un lápiz y late como un fuego ceniciento, mírala, yo la estoy mirando, estoy palpando su corazón pequeñísimo, y la oigo, esa polilla resuena en la pasta de cristal congelado, no todo está perdido.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- grub, woodworm, bookworm
- (figurative) cause of progressive destruction
Derived terms
Further reading
- “polilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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