colilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cola +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈliʝa/ [koˈli.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /koˈliʝa/ [koˈli.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koˈliʎa/ [koˈli.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koˈliʃa/ [koˈli.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koˈliʒa/ [koˈli.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /koˈlia/ [koˈli.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: co‧li‧lla

Noun

colilla f (plural colillas)

1. butt, stub (remnant of a smoked cigarette)
2. roach (butt of a marijuana cigarette)

Further reading

• “colilla”, 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