tollina

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Spanish

Etymology

From dissimilation from toñina, from Vulgar Latin *thunnina, from Latin thunnus (tuna), alluding to the blows used to finish off this fish once its caught.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈʝina/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /toˈʎina/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈʃina/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈʒina/

  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: to‧lli‧na

Noun

tollina f (plural tollinas)

  1. beating, bashing
    Synonym: paliza

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tollina”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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