lenzuelo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin linteolum (“small linen cloth”) (compare French linceul, Catalan llençol).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /lenˈθwelo/ [lẽn̟ˈθwe.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /lenˈswelo/ [lẽnˈswe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: len‧zue‧lo

Noun

lenzuelo m (plural lenzuelos)

1. bedsheet

Related terms

• lienzo

 

Further reading

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