platillo volante

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /plaˌtiʝo boˈlante/ [plaˌt̪i.ʝo β̞oˈlãn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /plaˌtiʎo boˈlante/ [plaˌt̪i.ʎo β̞oˈlãn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /plaˌtiʃo boˈlante/ [plaˌt̪i.ʃo β̞oˈlãn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /plaˌtiʒo boˈlante/ [plaˌt̪i.ʒo β̞oˈlãn̪.t̪e]

Syllabification: pla‧ti‧llo vo‧lan‧te

Noun

platillo volante m (plural platillos volantes)

flying saucer (disc-shaped unidentified flying object)
Synonym: platillo volador

Further reading

“platillo volador, o platillo volante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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