Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adelita

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: adeli-ta
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female soldier during the Mexican revolution

Example Sentences

"An employee of the city's Latino Affairs Commission, she looks like an adelita (a woman soldier and camp follower) in her blouse, long skirt, and sash crisscrossing her chest."

Etymology

From Spanish adelita.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: adelita

Inflected Forms

adelitas (plural)

Questions

What does adelita mean?: A female soldier during the Mexican revolution
Where does adelita come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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