enrollada

Enrollada is the feminine form of the past participle of the Spanish verb enrollar, meaning rolled or coiled. It functions as an adjective and as a passive participle, agreeing with a feminine noun. The masculine form is enrollado, and the plural forms are enrolladas (feminine) and enrollados (masculine).

Usage and scope

Enrollada describes objects or forms that have been rolled, wrapped, or curled. It appears across diverse domains, including cuisine, textiles, botany, and everyday description of items such as cables or hoses. For example, a sheet, a leaf, or a strip of material can be described as enrollada when it has a rolled or coiled shape. In phrases, it tends to appear in attributive position (before the noun) or predicative position with a verb like estar.

Grammar and variation

As a participial adjective, enrollada agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. The term is typically encountered in standard Spanish and is understood across dialects. Beyond its literal sense, enrollada can carry figurative nuances in contexts where something is wrapped up, enclosed, or entangled in a descriptive sense.

Related terms

Related forms include enrollado (masculine singular) and related verbs such as enrollar, which denote the action of rolling or wrapping. In Portuguese, a closely related form is enrolada, reflecting parallel Romance-language development.

See also

enrollar, enrollado, participles in Spanish, adjectival usage in Romance languages.