almohadilla
Spanish, noun
almohadilla is spelled A-L-M-O-H-A-D-I-L-L-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Almohadilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pincushion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of almohadillar. With an accent, almohadillá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of almohadillar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Almohada pequeña”.
What does almohadilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepincushion
- 2
feminineinkpad
- 3
femininethe hash, octothorpe, pound symbol (the character #)
- 4
feminineseat cushion (to sit on)
- 5
colloquialfemininetoe bean (digital pad of a cat or dog's paw)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of almohadillar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Almohada pequeña. 2. Símbolo (#) utilizado con diversos fines y significados.
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 almohadilla
- almohadillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to almohadilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is almohadilla in Spanish?
almohadilla appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).