metralla

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mitraille.

Pronunciation

Noun

metralla f (plural metralles)

  1. grapeshot
  2. shrapnel
  3. machine gun fire
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Etymology 2

Verb

metralla

  1. inflection of metrallar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology

French mitraille.

Noun

metralla f (plural metrallas)

  1. grapeshot
  2. shrapnel
  3. vellon (Spanish ancient coin)
  4. host of impertinences

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French mitraille.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈtɾaʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meˈtɾaʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈtɾaʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈtɾaʒa/

 

  • Syllabification: me‧tra‧lla

Noun

metralla f (plural metrallas)

  1. grapeshot
  2. shrapnel

Derived terms

Further reading

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