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Spanish
Etymology
From hilo (“thread”) + -era. Cognate with Portuguese fileira, Portuguese fieira, Galician fieira.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈleɾa/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: hi‧le‧ra
Noun
hilera f (plural hileras)
- row, windrow
coches estacionados en hilera- cars parked in a row
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hilera, but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/.
Pronunciation
Noun
hilera (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜇ)
- row; line; file
- Synonyms: hanay, pila, linya, halayhay
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hilera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 322