hilera

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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)

  1. row, windrow
    coches estacionados en hilera
    cars parked in a row
    1. (knitting) a row of stitches knit flat (not in the round)

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hilera, but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/.

Pronunciation

Noun

hilera (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜇ)

  1. 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