zulla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuʝa/ [ˈθu.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuʝa/ [ˈθu.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈθuʎa/ [ˈθu.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʎa/ [ˈsu.ʎa] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃa/ [ˈsu.ʃa] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃa/ [ˈsu.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuʒa/ [ˈsu.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -uʝa

• Rhymes: -uʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -uʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -uʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: zu‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin suīlla.

Noun

zulla f (plural zullas)

1. (colloquial) human excrement, feces

Etymology 2

Variant of sulla, from Andalusian Arabic سُلَّة (sulla), سِلَّة (silla), meaning this very plant.

Noun

zulla f (plural zullas)

1. French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

Hypernyms

• pipirigallo
• esparceta

Further reading

• “zulla”, 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