guilla

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā.

Noun

guilla f (plural guilles)

1. fox

   Synonyms: guineu, rabosa

2. common thresher shark

   Synonyms: guineu, rabosa

3. peacock blenny

   Synonym: gallerbo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic غِلَّة.

Noun

guilla f (plural guilles)

1. (rare) harvest

   Synonym: collita

Further reading

• “guilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “guilla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “guilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiʝa/ [ˈɡi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiʝa/ [ˈɡi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiʎa/ [ˈɡi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiʃa/ [ˈɡi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiʒa/ [ˈɡi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: gui‧lla

Noun

guilla f (plural guillas)

1. (Panama, slang) A state of losing concentration or becoming distracted, either due to a mental lapse or being in a state of introspection.
2. (Panama, slang, by extension) The mental lapse or introspection itself.
3. (Panama, slang) An obsession or full focus on an idea or belief, regardless of its plausibility or veracity.
4. (Panama, slang, by analogy) A complicated or messy situation.

Further reading

• “guilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10