gorrilla
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡoˈriʝa/ [ɡoˈri.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡoˈriʎa/ [ɡoˈri.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡoˈriʃa/ [ɡoˈri.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡoˈriʒa/ [ɡoˈri.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: go‧rri‧lla
Noun
gorrilla f (plural gorrillas)
- Diminutive of gorra
- 2015 November 24, “Columna”, in El País:
- Grabando un personaje episódico para una serie de televisión, mi partenaire Malena Alterio (bonísima actriz y graciosa a más no poder, no hace falta ni decirlo) me preguntó por un muchacho con gorrilla que me acompañaba a todos lados y que, de vez en cuando entre toma y toma, me hablaba aparte.
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- (Spain) Person who advises of the existence of a free parking space and helps with directions to park in exchange for a tip. And if you don't tip them, they'll probably scratch your car.
- Synonyms: franelero, viene-viene
Further reading
- “gorrilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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