Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pellicla, from Latin pellicula, diminutive of pellis (“pelt, hide”). Compare the borrowed doublet película.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈʝexa/ [peˈʝe.xa]
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈʝexa/ [peˈʝe.xa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /peˈʎexa/ [peˈʎe.xa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈʃexa/ [peˈʃe.xa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʒexa/ [peˈʒe.xa]
Noun
pelleja f (plural pellejas)
- animal skin, hide
- pelt
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