cuadrilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish cuadrilla (“team”). Doublet of quadrille.

Noun

cuadrilla (plural cuadrillas)

1. (bullfighting) The team which supports the matador.

Translations

team which supports the matador

• French: quadrille (fr) m or f
• Spanish: cuadrilla (es) f

Galician

Alternative forms

• quadrilha (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuadrilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kwaˈðɾiʎɐ]

Noun

cuadrilla m (plural cuadrillas)

1. team, crew of workers, specially those working on construction or agriculture

References

• “cuadrilla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cuadrilla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cuadrilla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From cuadro +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʝa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kwaˈdɾiʝa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kwaˈdɾiʎa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kwaˈdɾiʃa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kwaˈdɾiʒa/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: cua‧dri‧lla

Noun

cuadrilla f (plural cuadrillas)

1. crew, team
   • 1867, Jorge Isaacs, María:

     Mandé orden al capitán de la cuadrilla de esclavos para que aquella noche la trajese a rezar en casa.

     I ordered the captain of the slave crew to bring her home to pray that night

2. gang (number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose)

   Synonym: pandilla

3. (derogatory) gang (group of criminals or alleged criminals)
4. (bullfighting) cuadrilla

Derived terms

• cuadrillero

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: quadrilla
• → English: cuadrilla
• → Portuguese: quadrilha

Further reading

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