relleno
See also: rellenó
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈʝeno/ [reˈʝe.no] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /reˈʎeno/ [reˈʎe.no] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /reˈʃeno/ [reˈʃe.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /reˈʒeno/ [reˈʒe.no] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eno
- Syllabification: re‧lle‧no
Etymology 1
Deverbal from rellenar.
Adjective
relleno (feminine rellena, masculine plural rellenos, feminine plural rellenas)
Derived terms
- (diminutive): rellenito
Noun
relleno m (plural rellenos)
- filling
- Esos profiteroles con relleno de crema eran absolutamente deliciosos.
- Those puffs with cream filling were absolutely delectable.
- stuffing
- padding
- (cosmetic surgery) filler
Derived terms
- (augmentative): rellenazo, rellenón
- pepino de relleno
- relleno negro
Descendants
- → Belizean Creole: reyeno
Etymology 2
Verb
relleno
- first-person singular present indicative of rellenar
Further reading
- “relleno”, 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