chupalla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chupalla.

Noun

chupalla

1. Fascicularia bicolor, a Chilean bromeliad.

Spanish

A variety of chupallas on display

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʝa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʝa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʎa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʃa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈpaʒa/ [t͡ʃuˈpa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

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

• Syllabification: chu‧pa‧lla

Noun

chupalla f (plural chupallas)

1. A type of Chilean straw hat
2. Fascicularia bicolor, a Chilean bromeliad.

Derived terms

• por la chupalla

Further reading

• “chupalla”, 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