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English
Etymology
From Spanish adelita.
Noun
adelita (plural adelitas)
- A female soldier during the Mexican revolution
1988 July 15, David Fremon, “Look-Alike Contest”, in Chicago Reader:An employee of the city's Latino Affairs Commission, she looks like an adelita (a woman soldier and camp follower) in her blouse, long skirt, and sash crisscrossing her chest.
Translations
female soldier during the Mexican revolution
Spanish
Etymology
From the name Adelita.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adeˈlita/
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: a‧de‧li‧ta
Noun
adelita f (plural adelitas)
- adelita
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