cholla

== English == === Etymology === From a Mexican Spanish use of Spanish cholla (“head, skull”). Compare keel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔɪ.ə/, enPR: choiʹə Rhymes: -ɔɪə === Noun === cholla (plural chollas) Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments. ==== Derived terms ==== jumping cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida) ==== Translations ==== === References === cholla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cylindropuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Cylindropuntia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Irish == === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈxɞl̪ˠə/ === Noun === cholla lenited form of colla == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Syllabification: cho‧lla === Etymology 1 === Possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *keula (“mace”), earlier "lump, lump of coal," from Proto-Germanic *kulą. ==== Noun ==== cholla f (plural chollas) cholla (cactus) (figurative) reason, understanding (colloquial, Honduras) head (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) laziness === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cholla inflection of chollar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === See also === cholla on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es === References === === Further reading === “cholla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Noun === cholla (masculine chollo, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ) alternative spelling of chola