Spanish word

rulo

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈrulo/

Meaning

  • masculine nounhair roller

Example

Me puse rulos para dormir.

I put on hair rollers to sleep.

Illustration for rulo (hair roller)

More examples

Se quitó los rulos antes de cenar.

She removed her hair rollers before dinner.

Core concept

Small cylindrical roller used to hold a hair strand while forming temporary curls.

Common phrases

  • ponerse rulos

    put in hair rollers

  • quitarse rulos

    remove hair rollers

  • hacer rulos

    curl hair with rollers

Similar words

bigudí: Small lightweight roller for tightly wrapping hair strands to set short, defined curls.
rizador: Handheld heated tool that uses a hot barrel to curl hair by applying direct heat.

Definition in Spanish

Pequeño cilindro, por lo general de plástico, espuma o tela, que se coloca en mechones de pelo para mantenerlos enrollados y así formar rizos temporales.

Word origin

Borrowed from French rouleau 'little roll', the Spanish rulo names the small rolled cylinder used to make curls.

Usage tips

  • In conversation Spaniards often say ponerse rulos or llevar rulos for having rollers in the hair, and electric curling devices are usually called rizador rather than rulo.

Other meanings

  • curlernoun
  • curlnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • rulitosmall hair rollernoun

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