portarrollos

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Spanish

A toilet roll holder

A paper towel holder

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poɾtaˈroʝos/ (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /poɾtaˈroʎos/ (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /poɾtaˈroʃos/ (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /poɾtaˈroʒos/ (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -oʝos (most of Spain and Latin America)
Rhymes: -oʎos (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Rhymes: -oʃos (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -oʒos (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: por‧ta‧rro‧llos

Noun

portarrollos m (plural portarrollos)

toilet roll holder
- 2017 December, “Escogido instala modernos baños para damas”, in Listin Diario‎:
  El nuevo baño, ubicado a la derecha de la tienda oficial del Escogido, contiene 18 sanitarios, incluyendo dos para personas con capacidd especial, cada uno con portarrollos para papel higiénico.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(Canada, US, Australia) paper towel holder, (UK) kitchen roll holder

Further reading

“portarrollos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

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