llamarada

Spanish

Etymology

From llama (“flame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝamaˈɾada/ [ɟ͡ʝa.maˈɾa.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): /ʝamaˈɾada/ [ɟ͡ʝa.maˈɾa.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ʎamaˈɾada/ [ʎa.maˈɾa.ð̞a] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ʃamaˈɾada/ [ʃa.maˈɾa.ð̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒamaˈɾada/ [ʒa.maˈɾa.ð̞a] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: lla‧ma‧ra‧da

Noun

llamarada f (plural llamaradas)

1. sudden flare-up, blaze

   Synonyms: fogonazo, incendio

2. flush, blush

   Synonym: sonrojo

Derived terms

• llamarada de petate

Further reading

• “llamarada”, 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