morralla

Catalan

Etymology

From morro (“snout”) ‎ -alla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈra.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈra.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈra.ʎa]

Noun

morralla f (plural morralles)

1. a mix, similar to whitebait, of small shorefish considered not worth selling individually, generally used to make stock for soups, stews, and paella

   Synonym: raballa

2. (figurative) a worthless person or thing

Noun

morralla f (plural morralles)

1. (usually in the plural) headgear (of a harness)

See also

• cabeçada

Further reading

• “morralla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From morro (“hill”) ‎ -alla

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /moˈraʝa/ [moˈra.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moˈraʝa/ [moˈra.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /moˈraʎa/ [moˈra.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moˈraʃa/ [moˈra.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moˈraʒa/ [moˈra.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Rhymes: -aʎa
• Rhymes: -aʃa
• Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: mo‧rra‧lla

Noun

morralla f (plural morrallas)

1. junk; something of low quality

   Synonym: chatarra

   • c. 1890-1900, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, En el mar:

     Las redes sólo sacaban algas o pez menudo, morralla de la que se deshace en la sartén. Los atunes habían tomado este año otro camino, y nadie conseguía izar uno sobre su barca.

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2. riffraff

   Synonyms: chusma, gentuza

3. small fry (fish)

   Synonym: pescadito

4. (colloquial) change (small coins)

   Synonym: calderilla

Further reading

• “morralla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28