cila

Significado (Inglés)

  1. A mixture used to give shine to wooden, metallic, leather etc. objects; polish, luster.
  2. The state of having shine, lustre.
  3. (figuratively) A fake and deceptive appearance; varnish, false front.
  4. (figuratively) Unnecessarily or excessively showy appearance.
  5. (slang) A softer liquor drunk after a hard liquor.

Sinónimos

kaplama tahtası

yaldızlama

Frecuencia

38k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/d͡ʒiˈlaː/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جلا (cilā, “a cleansing, furbishing, burnishing; brightness, gloss, luster, any substance or process that gives luster; a polish; a dispelling grief, anxiety”), from Arabic جَلَاء (jalāʔ), verbal noun of جَلَا (jalā, “to polish, to clear, to remove, to depart”).

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