ferralla

Catalan

Etymology

From ferro (“iron”) +‎ -alla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈra.ʎə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [feˈra.ʎa]

Noun

ferralla f (plural ferralles)

scrap metal

Further reading

“ferralla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“ferralla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“ferralla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“ferralla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ferraille.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /feˈraʝa/ [feˈra.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /feˈraʎa/ [feˈra.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /feˈraʃa/ [feˈra.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /feˈraʒa/ [feˈra.ʒa]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa

Syllabification: fe‧rra‧lla

Noun

ferralla f (uncountable)

scrap (metal)
Synonym: chatarra
steel framework

References

“ferralla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading

“ferralla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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