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Spanish
Etymology
From zarza (“bramble”) + parrilla (“little vine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θaɾθapaˈriʝa/
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θaɾθapaˈriʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θaɾθapaˈriʎa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /saɾsapaˈriʝa/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /saɾsapaˈriʝa/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /saɾsapaˈriʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /saɾsapaˈriʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /saɾsapaˈriʒa/
- Syllabification: zar‧za‧pa‧rri‧lla
Noun
zarzaparrilla f (plural zarzaparrillas)
- sarsaparilla (plant)
- sarsaparilla (soft drink prepared with the root of this plant)
1966, Federico Carlos Sáinz de Robles, editor, Teatro español, page 364:A uno, cuando le cuentan cosas antiguas, las escucha con nostalgia; parece una época perfecta, llena de añoranzas; una época que daba gusto pasear por Madrid a las cuatro de la mañana y tomarte una zarzaparrilla si se te antojaba; […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- false daisy (Eclipta prostrata)
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