llamarada

Spanish

Etymology

From llama (“flame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝamaˈɾada/ [ɟ͡ʝa.maˈɾa.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): /ʝamaˈɾada/ [ɟ͡ʝa.maˈɾa.ð̞a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ʎamaˈɾada/ [ʎa.maˈɾa.ð̞a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ʃamaˈɾada/ [ʃa.maˈɾa.ð̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒamaˈɾada/ [ʒa.maˈɾa.ð̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: lla‧ma‧ra‧da

Noun

llamarada f (plural llamaradas)

1. sudden flare-up, blaze

   Synonyms: fogonazo, incendio

2. flush, blush

   Synonym: sonrojo

Derived terms

• llamarada de petate

Further reading

• “llamarada”, 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