alfiletero
Spanish, noun/alfileˈteɾo/
alfiletero is spelled A-L-F-I-L-E-T-E-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 148,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfiletero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “case for pins and needles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Caja que contiene alfileres o agujas”.
What does alfiletero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecase for pins and needles
- 2
masculinepincushion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caja que contiene alfileres o agujas. 2. Objeto en el que se insertan los alfileres y agujas para guardarlas y facilitar su acceso.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alfiletero
- alfileteros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfiletero?
- /alfileˈteɾo/
- [al.fi.leˈt̪e.ɾo]
- [alfileˈt̪eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alfiletero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alfiletero in Spanish?
alfiletero appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).