golilla

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish gola

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish golilla

From gola + -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈliʝa/ [ɡoˈli.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈliʝa/ [ɡoˈli.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈliʎa/ [ɡoˈli.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈliʃa/ [ɡoˈli.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈliʒa/ [ɡoˈli.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈlia/ [ɡoˈli.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: go‧li‧lla

Noun

golilla f (plural golillas)

1. (colloquial) ruff (collar)

Further reading

• “golilla”, 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