chilla

See also: chillá

Englisch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chilla.

Nomen

chilla (plural chillas)

1. The South American gray fox.

Anagrams

• Cahill

Mapudungun

Nomen

chilla

1. saddle, mount
2. fox (South American gray fox)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• chillet

Verb

chilla

1. inflection of chille:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃiʎa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈt͡ʃiʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈt͡ʃiʒa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: chi‧lla

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mapudungun chilla (“fox”).

Nomen

chilla f (plural chillas)

1. the South American gray fox

   Synonyms: zorro gris, zorro patagónico

Etymology 2

Verb

chilla

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

From English chill +‎ -a.

Verb

chilla (present chillar, preterite chillade, supine chillat, imperative chilla)

1. (slang) to kick back (relax)

   Hon chillar i poolen

   She's relaxing in the pool

2. (slang) to chill (calm down from an agitated state)

   Chilla!

   Chill!

Conjugation

Conjugation of chilla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	chilla		chillas
Supine	chillat		chillats
Imperative	chilla		—
Imper. plural1	chillen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	chillar	chillade	chillas	chillades
Ind. plural1	chilla	chillade	chillas	chillades
Subjunctive2	chille	chillade	chilles	chillades
	Participles
Present participle	chillande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• softa

References

• Slangopedia