película

Learned borrowing from Latin pellicula, from pellis (“skin”).

• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧lí‧cu‧la

película f (plural películas)

1. film (thin layer of some substance)
2. film, movie

   Synonyms: filme, fita

• “película”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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

• IPA^(key): /peˈlikula/ [peˈli.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: pe‧lí‧cu‧la

película f (plural películas)

1. film (layer)
2. movie (US, Canada), film

   Synonyms: filme, film, cinta

3. story (invented story, especially one as an excuse)

   Synonym: cuento

• Chavacano: pelicula
• → Basque: pelikula
• → Cebuano: pelikula
• → Hiligaynon: pelikula
• → Ilocano: pelikula
• → Tagalog: pelikula

• “película”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16