rodillo

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /roˈdiʝo/ [roˈð̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /roˈdiʝo/ [roˈð̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /roˈdiʎo/ [roˈð̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /roˈdiʃo/ [roˈð̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /roˈdiʒo/ [roˈð̞i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ro‧di‧llo

Noun

rodillo m (plural rodillos)

1. roller
2. rolling pin

   Synonyms: (Ecuador) bolillo, (Bolivia, Chile) uslero

3. inking roller, platen
4. (cycling) trainer

Derived terms

• pasar el rodillo

Related terms

• rodar

See also

• rodilla

Further reading

• “rodillo”, 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