película

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pellicula from pellis (“skin”).

Noun

película f (plural películas)

film (thin layer of some substance)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pellicula from pellis (“skin”). Compare the inherited doublet pelleja. See also English pellicle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peˈlikula/

Noun

película f (plural películas)

film (layer)
movie
story (invented story, especially one as an excuse)

Derived terms

de película

Related terms

Further reading

“película” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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