pil-pil

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See also: pilpil and pil pil

English

Alternative forms

pil pil

Etymology

From Basque pil-pil.

Noun

pil-pil (uncountable)

A sauce of Basque origin made from olive oil, garlic and chili.

Basque

Ideophone

pil-pil

(onomatopoeia) thump-thump, lub-dub (the sound of a heart beating)
(onomatopoeia) Imitation of boiling.

Derived terms

pil-pil egin (“to boil slowly, to bubble”)
pil-pilean (“in pil-pil sauce”)
pil-pilean egon (“to be red-hot, recent”)

Descendants

→ English: pil-pil
→ Spanish: pil-pil

Further reading

“pil-pil”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
“pil-pil”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Alternative forms

pil pil, pilpil

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque pil-pil, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pilˈpil/
Rhymes: -il

Noun

pil-pil m (uncountable)

pil-pil
cod in pil-pil sauce

Further reading

“pilpil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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