parrilla
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English
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Borrowed from Spanish parrilla ("grill").
Noun
[edit ]parrilla (plural parrillas )
- A form of torture where the victim is strapped to a metal frame and subjected to electric shock.
- 2012, J. Patrice McSherry, Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 188:
- He described how Tenorinho was subjected to cruel tortures after proclaiming his innocence: he denied everything. Then they started to strike him. He was then brought to the parrilla, [the grill]. The parrilla was where we applied electric torture. It has this name because, in Argentina, the parilla is where you grill beef.
Asturian
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[edit ]Borrowed from Spanish parrilla .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]parrilla f (plural parilles )
- barbecue, grill [from 1990s]
- Synonym: (traditional grill) trébedes
- a barbecue restaurant [from 1990s]
Further reading
[edit ]- "parrilla ", in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
French
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[edit ]Borrowed from Spanish parrilla .
Pronunciation
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[edit ]parrilla m (plural parrillas )
Spanish
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From parra ("grapevine") + -illa .
Pronunciation
[edit ]- IPA (key): /paˈriʝa/ [paˈri.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain )
- IPA (key): /paˈriʎa/ [paˈri.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines )
- IPA (key): /paˈriʃa/ [paˈri.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA (key): /paˈriʒa/ [paˈri.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay )
- IPA (key): /paˈria/ [paˈri.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))
- Rhymes: -iʝa
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain )
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines )
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay )
- Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))
- Syllabification: pa‧rri‧lla
Noun
[edit ]parrilla f (plural parrillas )
- grill
- Synonym: plancha
- grill restaurant
- Synonyms: asador , parrillada
- (figurative ) grid
- parrilla de salida ― starting grid
- 2020 April 28, "El Govern plantea ocho franjas horarias para evitar aglomeraciones en la calle", in La Vanguardia[1] :
- En concreto, la Generalitat ha esbozado una parrilla "bajo criterios científicos y sanitarios" que fija la salida para la práctica deportiva de 6 a 8 horas; [...]
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- (figurative , broadcasting ) schedule, program
- diminutive of parra ("grapevine")
- (Latin America ) luggage rack
- Synonyms: portaequipajes , baca
- Ribes magellanicum , the Patagonian wild currant.
- hot plate
Derived terms
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[edit ]Further reading
[edit ]- "parrilla", in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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