rollizo

Spanish

Etymology

From rollo +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /roˈʝiθo/ [roˈʝi.θo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /roˈʎiθo/ [roˈʎi.θo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /roˈʝiso/ [roˈʝi.so] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /roˈʎiso/ [roˈʎi.so] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /roˈʃiso/ [roˈʃi.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /roˈʒiso/ [roˈʒi.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iθo (Spain)
Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: ro‧lli‧zo

Adjective

rollizo (feminine rolliza, masculine plural rollizos, feminine plural rollizas)

plump, chubby, overweight

Further reading

“rollizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024