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, Philippines) /meˈʎisa/ [meˈʎi.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈʃisa/ [meˈʃi.sa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈʒisa/ [meˈʒi.sa]

• Rhymes: -iθa
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16