falla

Catalan

noun
Definitions
  • constructions of inflammable materials, based in figures that are caricatures (the ninots) that are installed in certain Valencian municipalities and are burned to ashes the day of Saint Joseph.
  • the holidays around these constructions.
  • the associations or organizations around these constructions.
  • fire, bonfire

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *facla, facula (little torch, small torch).

Origin

Latin

facula

Gloss

little torch, small torch

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