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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish follín, from Vulgar Latin *fullīginem (compare the attested follīginem), from Latin fūlīginem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂li-, from *dʰewh₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oˈʝin/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /oˈʎin/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈʃin/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈʒin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: ho‧llín
Noun
hollín m (plural hollines)
- soot
- Synonyms: negrumo, tile
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