ametrallar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ metralla +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ametɾaˈʝaɾ/ [a.me.t̪ɾaˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ametɾaˈʝaɾ/ [a.me.t̪ɾaˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ametɾaˈʎaɾ/ [a.me.t̪ɾaˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ametɾaˈʃaɾ/ [a.me.t̪ɾaˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ametɾaˈʒaɾ/ [a.me.t̪ɾaˈʒaɾ]

Verb

1. to machine-gun; to shoot with a machine gun
2. to shoot with shot ammunition

Derived terms

• ametrallador
• ametralladora
• ametrallamiento

Further reading

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