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parrilla

parrilla noun: a form of torture where the victim is strapped to a metal frame and subjected to electric shock.

Noun

parrilla (plural parrillas)

  1. A form of torture where the victim is strapped to a metal frame and subjected to electric shock.
    • He described how Tenorinho was subjected to cruel tortures after proclaiming his innocence: he denied everything. Then they started to strike him. He was then brought to the parrilla, [the grill]. The parrilla was where we applied electric torture. It has this name because, in Argentina, the...2012, J. Patrice McSherry, Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 188

Proper noun capitalized: Parrilla

Parrilla (plural Parrillas)

  1. A surname.

Forms of parrilla

Noun
pluralparrillas
Proper noun
pluralParrillas

Origin of parrilla

Borrowed from Spanish parrilla (“grill”).

Questions about parrilla

What does parrilla mean?
Parrilla means a form of torture where the victim is strapped to a metal frame and subjected to electric shock.
What part of speech is parrilla?
Parrilla can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of parrilla?
The plural of parrilla is parrillas.

Words near parrilla in the dictionary

  1. parriers
  2. parries
  3. parriest
  4. parrieth
  5. Parrill
  6. parrilla
  7. parrillas
  8. Parrillo
  9. Parrillos
  10. Parrills
  11. Parrinello

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