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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pellicla, from Latin pellicula, diminutive of pellis (“pelt, hide”). Compare the borrowed doublet película.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈʝexa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /peˈʎexa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈʃexa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʒexa/
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: pe‧lle‧ja
Noun
pelleja f (plural pellejas)
- animal skin, hide
- Synonyms: cuero, piel
- pelt
- Synonym: piel
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