rollista
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- 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)
- (colloquial, rare) obnoxious and excessively chatty
Noun
rollista m or f by sense (plural rollistas)
- 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.
- 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
rollista c
- a cast (of actors)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | rollista | rollistas |
| definite | rollistan | rollistans | |
| plural | indefinite | rollistor | rollistors |
| definite | rollistorna | rollistornas |