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Spanish
Etymology
From paja (“straw (stalk of a cereal plant)”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈxiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /paˈxiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈxiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈxiʒa/
- Syllabification: pa‧ji‧lla
Noun
pajilla f (plural pajillas)
- (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) drinking straw
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita
- (vulgar, slang, Spain) wank, handjob, masturbation
- Synonyms: paja, pajote
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