pajilla

Spanish

Etymology

From paja (“straw (stalk of a cereal plant)”) +‎ -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈxiʝa/ [paˈxi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈxiʝa/ [paˈxi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /paˈxiʎa/ [paˈxi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈxiʃa/ [paˈxi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈxiʒa/ [paˈxi.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: pa‧ji‧lla

Noun

pajilla f (plural pajillas)

1. (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

2. (vulgar, slang, Spain) wank, handjob, masturbation

   Synonyms: paja, pajote

Further reading

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