banderilla

English

A bullfighter with two banderillas.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish banderilla, from bandera (“banner”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: băn'-də-rēʹ-ə, IPA^(key): /ˌbæn.dəˈɹiː.jə/

Noun

banderilla (plural banderillas)

1. (bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.

Derived terms

• banderillero

Translations

decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting

• Catalan: banderilla f
• French: banderille (fr) f
• Galician: banderilla (gl) f
• Polish: banderilla (pl) f
• Portuguese: bandarilha f
• Spanish: banderilla f

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish banderilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bən.dəˈɾi.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ban.deˈɾi.ʎa]

Noun

banderilla f (plural banderilles)

1. banderilla

Derived terms

• banderiller

Further reading

• “banderilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Noun

banderilla f (plural banderillas)

1. banderilla

Derived terms

• banderilleiro

Spanish

Etymology

From bandera +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bandeˈɾiʝa/ [bãn̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bandeˈɾiʝa/ [bãn̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /bandeˈɾiʎa/ [bãn̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bandeˈɾiʃa/ [bãn̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bandeˈɾiʒa/ [bãn̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ban‧de‧ri‧lla

Noun

banderilla f (plural banderillas)

1. banderilla (decorated barbed stick)

Derived terms

• banderilla de fuego
• banderillazo
• banderillear
• banderillero

 

Descendants

• → English: banderilla
• → Catalan: banderilla
• → Polish: banderilla

Further reading

• “banderilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28