gentualla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xenˈtwaʝa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪wa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /xenˈtwaʝa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪wa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /xenˈtwaʎa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪wa.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xenˈtwaʃa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪wa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xenˈtwaʒa/ [xẽn̪ˈt̪wa.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: gen‧tua‧lla

Noun

gentualla f (plural gentuallas)

1. (derogatory, collective) rabble, riffraff

   Synonym: gentuza

Further reading

• “gentualla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014