macolla

See also: macollá

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈkoʝa/ [maˈko.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maˈkoʝa/ [maˈko.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maˈkoʎa/ [maˈko.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈkoʃa/ [maˈko.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈkoʒa/ [maˈko.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒa

• Syllabification: ma‧co‧lla

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

macolla f (plural macollas)

1. stems, flowers, tillers, etc. growing in a clump or tuft, as with bunchgrass

Derived terms

• amacollar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

macolla

1. inflection of macollar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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