cuadrilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish cuadrilla (“team”). Doublet of quadrille.

Noun

cuadrilla (plural cuadrillas)

1. (bullfighting) The team which supports the matador.

Translations

team which supports the matador

French: quadrille (fr) m or f Spanish: cuadrilla (es) f

Galician

Alternative forms

• quadrilha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuadrilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiɟa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɟa
• Hyphenation: cua‧dri‧lla

Noun

cuadrilla m (plural cuadrillas)

1. team, crew of workers, specially those working on construction or agriculture

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuadrilla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cuadrilla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuadrilla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “cuadrilla”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From cuadro +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʝa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʝa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʎa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʃa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʒa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.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: cua‧dri‧lla

Noun

cuadrilla f (plural cuadrillas)

1. crew, team
   • 1867, Jorge Isaacs, María:

     Mandé orden al capitán de la cuadrilla de esclavos para que aquella noche la trajese a rezar en casa.

     I ordered the captain of the slave crew to bring her home to pray that night

2. gang (number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose)

   Synonym: pandilla

3. (derogatory) gang (group of criminals or alleged criminals)
4. (bullfighting) cuadrilla
5. (Basque Country) a comarca of the province of Álava

Derived terms

• cuadrillero

Descendants

• → Catalan: quadrilla
• → English: cuadrilla
• → Portuguese: quadrilha

Further reading

• “cuadrilla”, 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