platjola
Catalan
Noun
platjola f (plural platjoles)
- Diminutive of platja (“beach”)
- 1935, Joan Santamaria, Visions de Catalunya (Mallorca):
- Els meus fills jugaven baix la platjola, i, de sobte, ha comparegut un pallard i ha començat a calar foc a les mates de càrritx, de coixins de bruixa i de garballons que creixen a les juntures del rocatam.
- My sons were playing down on the little beach and, suddenly, a strapping lad appeared and started setting fire to the tussocks of bunchgrass, heather, and fan palms which grew in the creases between the rocks.
Further reading
- “platjola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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