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Spanish
Etymology
From pesado (“heavy”) + -illa. Compare Portuguese pesadelo m.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pesaˈdiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pesaˈdiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pesaˈdiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pesaˈdiʒa/
- Syllabification: pe‧sa‧di‧lla
Noun
pesadilla f (plural pesadillas)
- nightmare
- (figuratively) bane
- la pesadilla de mi existencia/vida ― the bane of my existence/life
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