calilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cala.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈliʝa/ [kaˈli.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈliʝa/ [kaˈli.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈliʎa/ [kaˈli.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈliʃa/ [kaˈli.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈliʒa/ [kaˈli.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ca‧li‧lla

Noun

calilla f (plural calillas)

1. (colloquial, Latin America) annoyance, bother

   Synonym: molestia

2. (colloquial, Chile) debt

   Synonym: deuda

3. (Guatemala, Honduras) annoying person
4. (Colombia) thin and long cigar

Related terms

• encalillar

Further reading

• “calilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “calilla”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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