polvorilla
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Syllabification: pol‧vo‧ri‧lla
Noun[edit]
polvorilla m or f by sense (plural polvorillas)
- an antsy person; a livewire
- 2021, Juana Gallardo Díaz, Mi Abuela Americana:
- Santiago, que era un polvorilla, empezó a dar signos de impaciencia
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading[edit]
- “polvorilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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