mellizo

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meˈʝiθo/ [meˈʝi.θo]

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

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /meˈʝiso/ [meˈʝi.so]

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

• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: me‧lli‧zo

Adjective

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

1. twin (fraternal, born to the same parents at the same time)

   Synonym: (Mexico) cuate

Noun

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

1. twin (someone born to the same parents at the same time), especially non-identical

   Synonym: (Mexico) cuate

Related terms

• gemelo
• mielgo

 

See also

• triate m or f
• trillizo m

 

Further reading

• “mellizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10