chila

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

chila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Piedmontese

Pronoun

chila

1. she

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: chi‧la

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of chila-caiota.

Alternative forms

• gila

Noun

chila f (plural chilas)

1. (botany) fig-leaf gourd, Malabar gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chila

1. inflection of chilar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “chila”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “chila”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “chila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Adjective

chila f

1. feminine singular of chilo