mellizo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish emellizo, from Vulgar Latin *gemellīcius, from Latin gemellus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /meˈʝiθo/ [meˈʝi.θo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /meˈʎiθo/ [meˈʎi.θo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /meˈʝiso/ [meˈʝi.so]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /meˈʎiso/ [meˈʎi.so]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈʃiso/ [meˈʃi.so]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈʒiso/ [meˈʒi.so]

(Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
Syllabification: me‧lli‧zo

Adjective

mellizo (feminine melliza, masculine plural mellizos, feminine plural mellizas)

twin (fraternal, born to the same parents at the same time)
Synonym: (Mexico) cuate

Noun

mellizo m (plural mellizos, feminine melliza, feminine plural mellizas)

twin (someone born to the same parents at the same time), especially non-identical
Synonym: (Mexico) cuate

Related terms

See also

gemelo m
trillizo m

Further reading

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

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