ferralla

Catalan

Etymology

From ferro (“iron”) +‎ -alla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈra.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [feˈra.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

ferralla f (plural ferralles)

1. scrap metal

Further reading

• “ferralla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ferralla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ferralla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ferralla”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ferraille.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /feˈraʝa/ [feˈra.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /feˈraʝa/ [feˈra.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /feˈraʎa/ [feˈra.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /feˈraʃa/ [feˈra.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /feˈraʒa/ [feˈra.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

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

• Syllabification: fe‧rra‧lla

Noun

ferralla f (uncountable)

1. scrap (metal)

   Synonym: chatarra

2. steel framework

Further reading

• “ferralla”, 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