parrilla
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See also: Parrilla
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish parrilla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]parrilla m (plural parrillas)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From parra (“grapevine”) + -illa.
Pronunciation
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- Syllabification: pa‧rri‧lla
Noun
[edit]parrilla f (plural parrillas)
- grill
- Synonym: plancha
- (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; […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figurative, broadcasting) schedule, program
- small grapevine
- (Latin America) luggage rack
- Synonyms: portaequipajes, baca
- Ribes magellanicum, the Patagonian wild currant.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “parrilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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