melliza

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meˈʝiθa/ [meˈʝi.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /meˈʎiθa/ [meˈʎi.θa] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /meˈʝisa/ [meˈʝi.sa] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /meˈʎisa/ [meˈʎi.sa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /meˈʃisa/ [meˈʃi.sa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /meˈʒisa/ [meˈʒi.sa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
Rhymes: -isa (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: me‧lli‧za

Noun

melliza f (plural mellizas)

female equivalent of mellizo, fraternal twin sister

Adjective

melliza f

feminine singular of mellizo

Further reading

“melliza”, 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