relleno

/reˈʝeno/ · B1 · adj

filling

🥟 re + lleno (full) = filled up again: stuffed, filling

Lleno means full and comes from Latin plenus, the root of plenty and plenary. Relleno is something filled right up: the filling inside a dish, a stuffed food, or, said of a person, chubby.

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