redondilla
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Spanish redondilla. Doublet of rondelle.
Noun[edit]
redondilla (plural redondillas)
- (poetry) An early verse form in which the first and fourth and the second and third lines of the stanza generally rhymed.
- (poetry) In later Spanish use, a verse of six and eight syllables in general, whether making perfect rhymes or assonances only.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin rotundus (“round”).
Noun[edit]
redondilla f (plural redondillas)
Further reading[edit]
- “redondilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014