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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish camarilla, from cámara (“chamber”) and the diminutive suffix -illa.
Pronunciation
Noun
camarilla (plural camarillas)
- A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal.
1990 September 20, Wall Street Journal:The same lack of accountability has been even more disastrous for the two state-owned banks, which exist primarily to funnel IMF and World Bank funds to the president and his camarilla in the form of unsecured loans.
2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 369:The negotiation dripped with bad faith on both sides, with a powerful Austrian camarilla always seeing it as a short-term deal with the Hungarians to be followed by retribution in due course.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish camarilla.
Pronunciation
Noun
camarilla f (plural camarillas)
- camarilla
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish camarilla.
Noun
camarilla f (plural camarille)
- camarilla
Further reading
- camarilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Etymology
From cámara (“chamber”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kamaˈɾiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kamaˈɾiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kamaˈɾiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kamaˈɾiʒa/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: ca‧ma‧ri‧lla
Noun
camarilla f (plural camarillas)
- a secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal
- "El objetivo implícito de esta línea de pensamiento es un mundo de pesadilla en el que el líder, o alguna camarilla gobernante, controla no sólo el futuro sino también el pasado." — George Orwell, «Mirando hacia atrás a la guerra civil española.» (otoño de 1942)
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