"polilla" meaning in Spanish

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "apolillar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "polilla de la ropa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "polilla esfinge"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "polillas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "polilla f (plural polillas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "po‧li‧lla"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mariposa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "oruga"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1962, Julio Cortázar, “Manual de instrucciones”, in Historia de cronopios y de famas",
          "text": "Y si de pronto una polilla se para al borde de un lápiz y late como un fuego ceniciento, mírala, yo la estoy mirando, estoy palpando su corazón pequeñísimo, y la oigo, esa polilla resuena en la pasta de cristal congelado, no todo está perdido.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moth"
      ],
      "id": "en-polilla-es-noun-GcPW5PXI",
      "links": [
        [
          "moth",
          "moth"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mariposa nocturna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 49 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 43 51",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "es:Insects",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grub, woodworm, bookworm"
      ],
      "id": "en-polilla-es-noun-eM1ujff3",
      "links": [
        [
          "grub",
          "grub"
        ],
        [
          "woodworm",
          "woodworm"
        ],
        [
          "bookworm",
          "bookworm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "5 49 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 43 51",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "es:Insects",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cause of progressive destruction"
      ],
      "id": "en-polilla-es-noun-dAHj5pZD",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) cause of progressive destruction"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʝa/",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʝa]",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʎa/",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʎa]",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʃa/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʃa]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʒa/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʒa]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʝa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polilla"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iʃa",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iʃa/3 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iʎa",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iʎa/3 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iʒa",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iʒa/3 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iʝa",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iʝa/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with unknown etymologies",
    "es:Insects"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "apolillar"
    },
    {
      "word": "polilla de la ropa"
    },
    {
      "word": "polilla esfinge"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "polillas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "polilla f (plural polillas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "po‧li‧lla"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mariposa"
    },
    {
      "word": "oruga"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1962, Julio Cortázar, “Manual de instrucciones”, in Historia de cronopios y de famas",
          "text": "Y si de pronto una polilla se para al borde de un lápiz y late como un fuego ceniciento, mírala, yo la estoy mirando, estoy palpando su corazón pequeñísimo, y la oigo, esa polilla resuena en la pasta de cristal congelado, no todo está perdido.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moth",
          "moth"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mariposa nocturna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grub, woodworm, bookworm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grub",
          "grub"
        ],
        [
          "woodworm",
          "woodworm"
        ],
        [
          "bookworm",
          "bookworm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cause of progressive destruction"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) cause of progressive destruction"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʝa/",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʝa]",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʎa/",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʎa]",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʃa/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʃa]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈliʒa/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[poˈli.ʒa]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʝa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polilla"
}