tollina

Spanish

Etymology

From dissimilation from toñina, from Vulgar Latin *thunnina, from Latin thunnus (“tuna”), alluding to the blows used to finish off this fish once its caught.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈʝina/ [t̪oˈʝi.na]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toˈʎina/ [t̪oˈʎi.na]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈʃina/ [t̪oˈʃi.na]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈʒina/ [t̪oˈʒi.na]

Rhymes: -ina
Syllabification: to‧lli‧na

Noun

tollina f (plural tollinas)

beating, bashing
Synonym: paliza

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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

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