ampolleta
Spanish, noun/ampoˈʝeta/
ampolleta is spelled A-M-P-O-L-L-E-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 96,067th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ampolleta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hourglass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reloj de arena”.
What does ampolleta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehourglass
- 2
femininelight bulb
- 3
Mexicofeminineampoule
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reloj de arena. 2. Tiempo que demora en pasar la arena del reloj desde una ampolla a la otra. 3. Dispositivo eléctrico formado por un filamento de vanadio u otro metal en un recipiente vacío o lleno de un gas inerte, a través del cual se hace pasar corriente eléctrica para iluminar por incandescencia. 4. Pequeño recipiente de vidrio que mantiene en condiciones de esterilidad un líquido para ser inyectado.
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 ampolleta
- ampolletas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ampolleta?
- /ampoˈʝeta/
- [ãm.poˈʝe.t̪a]
- [ãmpoˈʝet̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ampolleta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ampolleta in Spanish?
ampolleta appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).