melliza

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

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)

female equivalent of mellizo, fraternal twin sister

Adjective

melliza f

feminine singular of mellizo

Further reading

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

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