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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan rotlo, from Latin rotulus (“roll”). Doublet of rotlle.
Pronunciation
Noun
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:“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
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References
- “rotllo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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