morralla
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From morro (“snout”) + -alla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]morralla f (plural morralles)
- a mix, similar to whitebait, of small shorefish considered not worth selling individually, generally used to make stock for soups, stews, and paella
- Synonym: raballa
- (figurative) a worthless person or thing
Noun
[edit]morralla f (plural morralles)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “morralla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]morralla f (plural morrallas)
- junk; something of low quality
- Synonym: chatarra
- c. 1890-1900, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, En el mar:
- Las redes sólo sacaban algas o pez menudo, morralla de la que se deshace en la sartén. Los atunes habían tomado este año otro camino, y nadie conseguía izar uno sobre su barca.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- riff-raff
- (colloquial) change (small coins)
- Synonym: calderilla
- small fry (fish)
Further reading
[edit]- “morralla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014