zarzaparrilla

Spanish

From zarza (“bramble”) +‎ parrilla (“little vine”).

IPA^(key): /saɾsapaˈriʝa/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /saɾsapaˈriʎa/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.ʎa] (northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /saɾsapaˈriʃa/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /saɾsapaˈriʒa/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
IPA^(key): /saɾsapaˈria/ [saɾ.sa.paˈri.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

zarzaparrilla f (plural zarzaparrillas)

sarsaparilla (plant)
sarsaparilla (soft drink prepared with the root of this plant)
- 1966, Federico Carlos Sáinz de Robles, editor, Teatro español, page 364:
  A uno, cuando le cuentan cosas antiguas, las escucha con nostalgia; parece una época perfecta, llena de añoranzas; una época que daba gusto pasear por Madrid a las cuatro de la mañana y tomarte una zarzaparrilla si se te antojaba; […]
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false daisy (Eclipta prostrata)