perinola
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]perinola f (plural perinolas)
- (Latin America) a kind of spinning top, usually with six sides, used for betting games
- Synonym: pirindola
- (Venezuela) cup-and-ball
- Synonym: boliche
- (colloquial) manhood; rod (penis)
- 1999, Isabel Allende, Hija de la fortuna:
- La perinola rosada y tiesa que apareció ante sus ojos no la espantó, como temía Karl Bretzner, sino que le provocó una irreprimible y alegre carcajada.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “perinola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
perinola on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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- Spanish onomatopoeias
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ola
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- Latin American Spanish
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- es:Betting
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