guilla
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā.
Noun
guilla f (plural guilles)
- fox
- common thresher shark
- peacock blenny
- Synonym: gallerbo
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic غِلَّة.
Noun
guilla f (plural guilles)
Further reading
- “guilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “guilla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “guilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡiʝa/ [ˈɡi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡiʎa/ [ˈɡi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡiʃa/ [ˈɡi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡiʒa/ [ˈɡi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: gui‧lla
Noun
guilla f (plural guillas)
- (Panama, slang) A state of losing concentration or becoming distracted, either due to a mental lapse or being in a state of introspection.
- (Panama, slang, by extension) The mental lapse or introspection itself.
- (Panama, slang) An obsession or full focus on an idea or belief, regardless of its plausibility or veracity.
- (Panama, slang, by analogy) A complicated or messy situation.
Further reading
- “guilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024