Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/reˈʎeno/

Line drawing of relleno
Coloured illustration of relleno
#4028 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

filling, stuffing

Word origin

From rellenar ('to refill, to stuff'), from re- plus llenar ('to fill'), from Latin plenus ('full').

Origin
Latin
Root
plenus
English cognates
plenty, plenary

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralrellenos

Examples

empanada .

The filling of the pasty is meat.

.

I love the chocolate filling of this cake.

¡ pimiento delicioso!

This stuffed pepper is delicious!

cojín .

The cushion lost its stuffing over the years.

¿ ?

What is the filling of these cakes?

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 81.