ξινίλα
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ksiˈnila/
- Hyphenation: ξι‧νί‧λα
Noun
ξινίλα • (xiníla) f (plural ξινίλες)
- sour taste, sourness, acidity
- Υπάρχει λίγο ξινίλα. Μήπως έχει χαλάσει το γάλα; ― Ypárchei lígo xiníla. Mípos échei chalásei to gála? ― There's a sour taste. Has the milk gone off perhaps?
- (medicine, by extension) acid reflux, heartburn (sour taste from indigestion)
- Έχω ξινίλα επειδή έφαγα πριν κοιμηθώ. ― Écho xiníla epeidí éfaga prin koimithó. ― I have acid reflux because I ate before I slept.
Declension
Related terms
- ξινός (xinós, “sour, acid”)
Synonyms
- (heartburn): δυσπεψία f (dyspepsía), βαρυστομαχιά f (varystomachiá)
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