patilla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patilla.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

patilla f (plural patilles)

1. sideburn

   Synonyms: garrofa, polsera

Derived terms

• patillut

Further reading

• “patilla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Finnish

Noun

patilla

1. adessive singular of patti

Anagrams

• pillata, tapilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈtiʝa/ [paˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /paˈtiʝa/ [paˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /paˈtiʎa/ [paˈt̪i.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /paˈtiʃa/ [paˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /paˈtiʒa/ [paˈt̪i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• 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‧ti‧lla

Etymology 1

From pata +‎ -illa.

Noun

patilla f (plural patillas)

1. diminutive of pata
2. sideburn
3. arm, sidepiece (of glasses)

   Synonyms: pata, gafa, varilla

Derived terms

• irse por la patilla

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: patilya
• → Catalan: patilla
• → Cebuano: patilya
• → Tagalog: patilya

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَطِيخَة (baṭīḵa, “watermelon”). Cognate of French pastèque and Portuguese pateca.

Noun

patilla f (plural patillas)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela, Caribbean) watermelon

   Synonyms: sandía, albudeca

Descendants

• → Ye'kwana: jatiya

Further reading

• “patilla”, 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