melliza

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meˈʝiθa/ [meˈʝi.θa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /meˈʝiθa/ [meˈʝi.θa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /meˈʎiθa/ [meˈʎi.θa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /meˈʝisa/ [meˈʝi.sa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /meˈʝisa/ [meˈʝi.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /meˈʎisa/ [meˈʎi.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈʃisa/ [meˈʃi.sa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈʒisa/ [meˈʒi.sa]

• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: me‧lli‧za

Noun

melliza f (plural mellizas)

1. female equivalent of mellizo, fraternal twin sister

Adjective

melliza f

1. feminine singular of mellizo

Further reading

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