portarrollos

Spanish

A toilet roll holder

A paper towel holder

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) +‎ rollos (“rolls”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poɾtaˈroʝos/ [poɾ.t̪aˈro.ʝos]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poɾtaˈroʝos/ [poɾ.t̪aˈro.ʝos]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /poɾtaˈroʎos/ [poɾ.t̪aˈro.ʎos]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poɾtaˈroʃos/ [poɾ.t̪aˈro.ʃos]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poɾtaˈroʒos/ [poɾ.t̪aˈro.ʒos]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝos

• Rhymes: -oʝos
• Rhymes: -oʎos
• Rhymes: -oʃos
• Rhymes: -oʒos

• Syllabification: por‧ta‧rro‧llos

Noun

portarrollos m (plural portarrollos)

1. toilet roll holder
   • 2017 December, “Escogido instala modernos baños para damas”, in Listin Diario‎^[1]:

     El nuevo baño, ubicado a la derecha de la tienda oficial del Escogido, contiene 18 sanitarios, incluyendo dos para personas con capacidd[sic] especial, cada uno con portarrollos para papel higiénico.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Canada, US, Australia) paper towel holder, (UK) kitchen roll holder

Further reading

• “portarrollos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28