roliço
Portuguese, adjective/ʁoˈli.su/
roliço is spelled R-O-L-I-Ç-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roliço is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cylindrical (shaped like a cylinder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em forma de rolo; cilíndrico”.
What does roliço mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cylindrical (shaped like a cylinder)
- 2
chubby (of a person, somewhat fat)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. em forma de rolo; cilíndrico 2. de formas arredondadas; meio gordo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of roliço
- roliça feminine
- roliços masculine plural
- roliças feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roliço?
- Brazil /ʁoˈli.su/
- Brazil [hoˈli.su]
- /ʁoˈli.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roliço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roliço in Portuguese?
roliço appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).