rellenito

Spanish

Etymology

From relleno +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reʝeˈnito/ [re.ʝeˈni.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): /reʝeˈnito/ [re.ʝeˈni.t̪o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /reʎeˈnito/ [re.ʎeˈni.t̪o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /reʃeˈnito/ [re.ʃeˈni.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /reʒeˈnito/ [re.ʒeˈni.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: re‧lle‧ni‧to

Adjective

rellenito (feminine rellenita, masculine plural rellenitos, feminine plural rellenitas)

1. diminutive of relleno

Further reading

• “rellenito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025