parrilla

See also: Parrilla

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish parrillabor.

English parrilla

Borrowed from Spanish parrilla (“grill”).

Noun

parrilla (plural parrillas)

1. A form of torture where the victim is strapped to a metal frame and subjected to electric shock.
   • 2012, J. Patrice McSherry, Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 188:

     He described how Tenorinho was subjected to cruel tortures after proclaiming his innocence: he denied everything. Then they started to strike him. He was then brought to the parrilla, [the grill]. The parrilla was where we applied electric torture. It has this name because, in Argentina, the parilla is where you grill beef.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parrilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁi.ja/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧lla

Noun

parrilla m (plural parrillas)

1. grill, barbecue (equipment)

   Synonyms: gril, barbecue

Spanish

Etymology

From parra (“grapevine”) +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈriʝa/ [paˈri.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /paˈriʝa/ [paˈri.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /paˈriʎa/ [paˈri.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /paˈriʃa/ [paˈri.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /paˈriʒa/ [paˈri.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: pa‧rri‧lla

Noun

parrilla f (plural parrillas)

1. grill

   Synonym: plancha

2. grill restaurant

   Synonyms: asador, parrillada

3. (figurative) grid

   parrilla de salida ― starting grid

   • 2020 April 28, “El Govern plantea ocho franjas horarias para evitar aglomeraciones en la calle”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     En concreto, la Generalitat ha esbozado una parrilla “bajo criterios científicos y sanitarios” que fija la salida para la práctica deportiva de 6 a 8 horas; […]

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4. (figurative, broadcasting) schedule, program
5. small grapevine
6. (Latin America) luggage rack

   Synonyms: portaequipajes, baca

7. Ribes magellanicum, the Patagonian wild currant.
8. hot plate

Derived terms

• a la parrilla
• parrilla de salida
• parrilla de vuelos
• parrillada
• parrillero

Further reading

• “parrilla”, 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