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parrillas

parrillas is the plural of parrilla.

Meaning of parrilla

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

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Proper noun capitalized: Parrillas

Parrillas

  1. (plural) plural of Parrilla

Questions about parrillas

What is parrillas the plural of?
Parrillas is the plural of parrilla.
What part of speech is parrillas?
Parrillas is a proper noun.

Words near parrillas in the dictionary

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

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