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French
Pronunciation
Verb
guillotina
- third-person singular past historic of guillotiner
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡiʝoˈtina/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡiʎoˈtina/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡiʃoˈtina/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡiʒoˈtina/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: gui‧llo‧ti‧na
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French guillotine, from the surname of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin.
Noun
guillotina f (plural guillotinas)
- guillotine
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
guillotina
- inflection of guillotinar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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