pandilla

Spanish

Etymology

From panda +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /panˈdiʝa/ [pãn̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /panˈdiʝa/ [pãn̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /panˈdiʎa/ [pãn̪ˈd̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /panˈdiʃa/ [pãn̪ˈd̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /panˈdiʒa/ [pãn̪ˈd̪i.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: pan‧di‧lla

Noun

pandilla f (plural pandillas)

1. (collective) gang

   Synonym: mara

   • 2021 July 14, Juan Sanguino, “Curvas y músculos pero nada de sexo: por qué los héroes de Hollywood han abrazado el celibato”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 2021-07-15:

     En cuanto Disney absorbió Marvel en 2012, los Vengadores se convirtieron en una pandilla célibe.

     As soon as Disney took over Marvel in 2012, the Avengers became a celibate gang.

Derived terms

• pandillero
• pandillismo

Descendants

• → Portuguese: pandilha

Further reading

• “pandilla”, 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
• pandilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia