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Spanish
Etymology
From tule (“a type of hat”) + vieja (“old woman, hag”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuleˈbjexa/
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: tu‧le‧vie‧ja
Proper noun
tulevieja f
- (Costa Rica and Panama folklore) an errant female ghost who wears a tule hat, with a thick body, swollen breasts, sometimes leaking milk, and tangled hair.
Further reading
- “tulevieja” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010