pessigolles

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from cossigolles influenced by pessigar (“to pinch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.siˈɣɔ.ʎəs]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pe.siˈɣɔ.ʎes]

Noun

pessigolles f pl (plural only)

tickles
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 9, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
  Però ell no tenia por. Només pessigolles. Va riure. Un riure subaquàtic, sí.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

fer pessigolles

Further reading

“pessigolles” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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