comidilla

Spanish

Etymology

From comida +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /komiˈdiʝa/ [ko.miˈð̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /komiˈdiʎa/ [ko.miˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /komiˈdiʃa/ [ko.miˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /komiˈdiʒa/ [ko.miˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: co‧mi‧di‧lla

Noun

comidilla f (plural comidillas)

  1. diminutive of comida, an unappealing food, soylent
  2. talk of the town
    • 2020 September 23, “Venganza, enredos y trapos sucios en Saint-Germain-des-Près”, in El País‎[1]:
      Todos desfilan como personajes levemente disimulados en la novela que es la comidilla de los cenáculos parisinos, motivo ya de una demanda judicial y de una ruptura familiar: […]
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Derived terms

  • comidilla de la boda

Further reading

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