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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla. By surface analysis, guerra (“war”) + -iglia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwerˈriʎ.ʎa/
- Rhymes: -iʎʎa
- Hyphenation: guer‧rì‧glia
Noun
guerriglia f (plural guerriglie)
- guerrilla warfare
- (figurative) continuous criticism or opprobrium
Further reading
- guerriglia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana