parrilla

/paˈriʝa/ · B2 · noun · f

grillroom

🔥🥩 parrilla = para (for) + rilla (grill-bars) — bars for cooking meat over fire

Parrilla comes from parra (a grapevine trellis), whose crisscross lattice of bars gave the name to a grill. That same grid shape explains all three meanings: the cooking grate, the restaurant serving grilled meat, and a grid.

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