Noun: manilla
Gender: f
Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧lla
| Singular f | manilla |
| Plural f | manillas |
Sample Sentences
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Junto a las manillas de un reloj esperarán / Todas las horas que quedaron por vivir, esperarán [1974, José Luis Perales, “Porque te vas”, performed by Jeanette:]
Nouns inflected like manilla
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From mano + -illa, or more likely borrowed from Catalan manilla, itself either the same kind of construction or from Vulgar Latin *manicla < Latin manicula, whence the inherited Spanish manija. Compare English manacle. See: Catalan Nouns '
manilla', Latin Nouns '
manicula'.
Verbs referencing "manilla"
Italian Nouns
maniglia, English Nouns
manilla, Portuguese Nouns
manilha.
Translations