redondilla
English
Etymology
Spanish redondilla. Doublet of rondelle.
Noun
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
Etymology
From Latin rotundus (“round”).
Noun
redondilla f (plural redondillas)
- quatrain
Further reading
- “redondilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014