polilla
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[edit]polilla
Noun
[edit]polilla
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Pronunciation
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- Syllabification: po‧li‧lla
Noun
[edit]polilla f (plural polillas)
- moth
- Synonym: mariposa nocturna
- 1962, Julio Cortázar, “Manual de instrucciones”, in Historia de cronopios y de famas:
- Y si de pronto una polilla se para al borde de un lápiz y late como un fuego ceniciento, mírala, yo la estoy mirando, estoy palpando su corazón pequeñísimo, y la oigo, esa polilla resuena en la pasta de cristal congelado, no todo está perdido.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- grub, woodworm, bookworm
- (figurative) cause of progressive destruction
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “polilla”, 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
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