rollizo

Spanish

Etymology

From rollo +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /roˈʝiθo/ [roˈʝi.θo] (Spain)

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

 

• IPA^(key): /roˈʝiso/ [roˈʝi.so] (Latin America)

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

 

• IPA^(key): /roˈʃiso/ [roˈʃi.so] (Latin America)

• 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)

1. plump, chubby, overweight

Further reading

• “rollizo”, 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