rollista

Spanish

Etymology

From rollo +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /roˈʝista/ [roˈʝis.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): /roˈʝista/ [roˈʝis.t̪a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /roˈʎista/ [roˈʎis.t̪a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /roˈʃista/ [roˈʃis.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /roˈʒista/ [roˈʒis.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ro‧llis‧ta

Adjective

rollista m or f (masculine and feminine plural rollistas)

1. (colloquial, rare) obnoxious and excessively chatty

Noun

rollista m or f by sense (plural rollistas)

1. windbag; blowhard (one who gives a long talk, particularly a boring or overly verbose one)
   • 1974, Francisco Candel, Carta abierta a un empresario:

     Temo que si me prolongo en excusas dirá usted que soy un rollista.

     I'm afraid if I make long excuses you'll say that I'm a windbag.

2. one who gives a testimonial or lay sermon in a religious group

Further reading

• “rollista”, 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

Swedish

Etymology

roll +‎ lista

Noun

rollista c

1. a cast (of actors)

Declension

Declension of rollista

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rollista	rollistas
	definite	rollistan	rollistans
plural	indefinite	rollistor	rollistors
	definite	rollistorna	rollistornas

Further reading

• rollista in Svensk ordbok.