pastilla

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English

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Etymology

From Spanish pastilla. Doublet of pastegh, pastel, pastiglia, pastila, and pastille.

Noun

pastilla (countable and uncountable, plural pastillas)

  1. A Moroccan meat pie, usually of pigeon.
    • 1988, Mark Ellingham, Shaun McVeigh, The Rough Guide to Morocco (The Rough Guides), London: Harrap-Columbus, →ISBN, page 148:
      The lower (right-hand) fork is the Talaa Seghira, or Rue du Petit Talaa, a street which begins with a handful of small foodstalls where you can buy chunks of pastilla – the great Fassi delicacy of pigeon-pie; []

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Noun

pastilla f (plural pastilles)

  1. bar (of soap, chocolate, etc.)
  2. pill, tablet

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pastellum (dough, paste), a diminutive form of pasta (dough, paste), equivalent to pasta +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pasˈtiʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /pasˈtiʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pasˈtiʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pasˈtiʒa/

 

  • Syllabification: pas‧ti‧lla

Noun

pastilla f (plural pastillas)

  1. pill
    Synonyms: píldora, tableta, pirula
  2. cake (block of a dense material)
  3. bar (block of soap or chocolate)
  4. cube (cube of stock)
  5. pad (brake pad)

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