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Meaning of -alla | Babel Free

Phrase feminine CEFR B1
[ˈa.ʎə]

Definitions

  1. used to create collective nouns, often pejorative
    feminine, morpheme
  2. forms feminine nouns indicating the means or result of an action
    feminine, morpheme

Examples

“fadrí (“youth, young man”) + -alla → fadrinalla (“young people”)”
“gent (“people”) + -alla → gentalla (“riffraff, rabble”)”
“deixar (“to leave”) + -alla → deixalla (“relic, leftover”)”
“endevinar (“to guess”) + -alla → endevinalla (“riddle”)”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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