rotllo
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Catalan rotlo, from Latin rotulus (“roll”). Doublet of rotlle.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈrɔʎ.ʎu]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrɔ.ʎo] (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)
Noun
[edit]rotllo m (plural rotllos)
- roll, roll-up
- (colloquial) annoyance, bore (long boring explanation; a boring person or thing)
- 2020 November 24, Xevi Xirgo, quoting Ada Colau, “El "rotllo" aquest del català”, in El Punt Avui[1]:
- “És força asfixiant el rotllo aquest fiscalitzador de la llengua”, va lamentar-se Colau en rebre les crítiques. El “rotllo fiscalitzador de la llengua”, Ada?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) fling, roll in the hay
- Alternative form of rotlle
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “rotllo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading
[edit]- “rotllo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rotllo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “rotllo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
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