coalla

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin quaccola.

Noun

coalla f (plural coallas)

1. quail (any of several small species of game bird)

   Synonyms: paspallás, cantagrá, saltagrá, cadorna, codorna

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cuacula

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈaʝa/ [koˈa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /koˈaʝa/ [koˈa.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koˈaʎa/ [koˈa.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koˈaʃa/ [koˈa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koˈaʒa/ [koˈa.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /koˈaja/ [koˈa.ja] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -aja (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: co‧a‧lla

Noun

coalla f (plural coallas)

1. quail
2. woodcock

Further reading

• “coalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025