película
/peˈlikula/ · A1 · noun · f
film
🎬 Latin pellicula = little skin (pellis); a thin film, then a movie
From Latin pellis (skin, as in English pelt and peel) plus the diminutive -cula: a little skin. A thin skin is a film layer, and cinema was shot on film, so the same word names the movie. Spinning a tale as an excuse is also a película.