marejadilla

Spanish

Etymology

From marejada +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾexaˈdiʝa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maɾexaˈdiʎa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾexaˈdiʃa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾexaˈdiʒa/ [ma.ɾe.xaˈð̞i.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: ma‧re‧ja‧di‧lla

Noun

marejadilla f (plural marejadillas)

Diminutive of marejada
- 2016 October 3, “Parlon e Iceta, de empate en empate”, in El Periódico‎:
  Ha sido solo un lance en un partido amistoso; comparado con el maremoto del PSOE, las primarias del PSC son marejadilla en un vaso de agua.
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Further reading

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

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