pajilla

Spanish

Etymology

From paja (“straw (stalk of a cereal plant)”) +‎ -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈxiʝa/ [paˈxi.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /paˈxiʎa/ [paˈxi.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈxiʃa/ [paˈxi.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈxiʒa/ [paˈxi.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: pa‧ji‧lla

Noun

pajilla f (plural pajillas)

(Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) drinking straw
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita
(vulgar, slang, Spain) wank, handjob, masturbation
Synonyms: paja, pajote

Further reading

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

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