comidilla

Spanish

Etymology

From comida + -illa.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /komiˈdiʝa/ [ko.miˈð̞i.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /komiˈdiʎa/ [ko.miˈð̞i.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /komiˈdiʃa/ [ko.miˈð̞i.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /komiˈdiʒa/ [ko.miˈð̞i.ʒa]

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

  • Syllabification: co‧mi‧di‧lla

Noun

comidilla f (plural comidillas)

  1. Diminutive of comida, an unappealing food, soylent
  2. talk of the town
    • 2020 September 23, “Venganza, enredos y trapos sucios en Saint-Germain-des-Près”, in El País:
      Todos desfilan como personajes levemente disimulados en la novela que es la comidilla de los cenáculos parisinos, motivo ya de una demanda judicial y de una ruptura familiar: []
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Derived terms

  • comidilla de la boda

Further reading

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