repollo

Spanish

Etymology

From re- + Latin pullus (“sprout of a plant”), or from the verb repollar, from Latin repullulō, repullulāre, from re- + pullulō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reˈpoʝo/ [reˈpo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /reˈpoʝo/ [reˈpo.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /reˈpoʎo/ [reˈpo.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /reˈpoʃo/ [reˈpo.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /reˈpoʒo/ [reˈpo.ʒo]

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• Rhymes: -oʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo

• Syllabification: re‧po‧llo

Noun

repollo m (plural repollos)

1. cabbage

   Synonyms: col, berza

Derived terms

• repollo chino

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: repolyo
• → Cebuano: repolyo
• → Portuguese: repolho
• → Tagalog: repolyo

Verb

repollo

1. first-person singular present indicative of repollar

Further reading

• “repollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014