perrilla

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of perlilla, diminutive of perla (“pearl”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈriʝa/ [peˈri.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈriʝa/ [peˈri.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /peˈriʎa/ [peˈri.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈriʃa/ [peˈri.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈriʒa/ [peˈri.ʒa]

Noun

perrilla f (plural perrillas)

1. (Mexico) stye

   Synonym: orzuelo

Further reading

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