rolo

See also: roló

Esperanto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈrolo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: ro‧lo

Noun

rolo (accusative singular rolon, plural roloj, accusative plural rolojn)

1. part (position or role)

Derived terms

• ĉefrolo

Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. Deverbal from rolar (“to roll”), from Old French roeler, from Medieval Latin rotulare, from rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rollo and rótulo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrolo̝/, /ˈrɔlo̝/

Noun

rolo m (plural rolos)

1. roll (that which is rolled up)
2. scroll
   • 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 162:

     [aa] seestra parte, Isaque et Jacob, que tẽẽ senllos roollos ẽnas maãos

     to the left, Isaac and Jacob, who both hold a scroll with their hands

3. coil
4. roller
5. rolling pin
6. roll, tumble

   Synonyms: tombo, vorcallón, vorquillón

7. cradle

   Synonym: berce

8. grass course left back when mowing

Derived terms

• a rolos

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roollo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rolo (cilindro)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rolo (berce)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rolo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

rolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rolar

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.lɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: ro‧lo

Noun

rolo f

1. vocative singular of rola

Further reading

• rolo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.lu/ [ˈho.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.lu/ [ˈho.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.lu/ [ˈχo.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.lo/ [ˈho.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.lu/

• Rhymes: -olu
• Hyphenation: ro‧lo

Noun

rolo m (plural rolos)

1. roll
2. roller (tool for applying paint or ink)
3. rolling pin (food preparation utensil)
4. hair roller

   Synonym: bobe

5. bolt (roll of fabric)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.lu/ [ˈhɔ.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.lu/ [ˈhɔ.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.lu/ [ˈχɔ.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.lo/ [ˈhɔ.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.lu/

• Hyphenation: ro‧lo

Verb

rolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rolar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrolo/ [ˈro.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: ro‧lo

Etymology 1

Noun

rolo m (plural rolos)

1. blind (covering for a window)

   Synonym: persiana

2. (Colombia, derogatory) a person from Bogotá whose parents were born elsewhere (as distinguished from a cachaco)

Etymology 2

Verb

rolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rolar

Further reading

• “rolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• loor, loro, olor, orlo, orló