perrilla

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of perlilla, diminutive of perla (“pearl”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈriʝa/ [peˈri.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈriʝa/ [peˈri.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /peˈriʎa/ [peˈri.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈriʃa/ [peˈri.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈriʒa/ [peˈri.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: pe‧rri‧lla

Noun

perrilla f (plural perrillas)

1. (Mexico) stye

   Synonym: orzuelo

Further reading

• “perrilla” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
• “perrilla”, 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