gavilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈbiʝa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈbiʝa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ɡaˈbiʎa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈbiʃa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈbiʒa/ [ɡaˈβ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ga‧vi‧lla

Noun

gavilla f (plural gavillas)

1. sheaf
2. mob
   • 2016 July, “Diálogo y tupamaros”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     En lugar de sus maestros, toparon con una gavilla que no solo los despojó a la fuerza de sus útiles escolares, sino también de la ropa que vestían.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (heraldry) garb

Derived terms

• agavillar

 

Further reading

• “gavilla”, 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