relleno

See also: rellenó

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reˈʝeno/ [reˈʝe.no]

• IPA^(key): /reˈʝeno/ [reˈʝe.no] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /reˈʎeno/ [reˈʎe.no] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /reˈʃeno/ [reˈʃe.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /reˈʒeno/ [reˈʒe.no] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /reˈeno/ [reˈe.no] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: re‧lle‧no

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Spanish re-

Spanish llenar

Spanish rellenardeverb.

Spanish relleno

Deverbal from rellenar.

Adjective

relleno (feminine rellena, masculine plural rellenos, feminine plural rellenas)

1. stuffed
2. chubby

Derived terms

• (diminutive): rellenito

• chile relleno
• de relleno

Noun

relleno m (plural rellenos)

1. filling

   Esos profiteroles con relleno de crema eran absolutamente deliciosos.

   Those puffs with cream filling were absolutely delectable.

2. stuffing
3. padding
4. (cosmetic surgery) filler

Derived terms

• (augmentative): rellenazo, rellenón
• pepino de relleno
• relleno negro

Descendants

• → Belizean Creole: reyeno

Etymology 2

Verb

relleno

1. first-person singular present indicative of rellenar

Further reading

• “relleno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025