babilla
Spanish, noun/baˈbiʝa/
babilla is spelled B-A-B-I-L-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “the stifle, or hind knee, of a quadruped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Región de las extremidades traseras de los cuadrúpedos formada por los músculos y tendones que articulan el…”.
What does babilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe stifle, or hind knee, of a quadruped
- 2
femininespectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Región de las extremidades traseras de los cuadrúpedos formada por los músculos y tendones que articulan el fémur con la rótula y la tibia. 2. Rótula de los cuadrúpedos. 3. Humor que por desgarradura de los tejidos, o fractura de los huesos, se extraversa e impide la buena circulación. 4. Callo que se forma donde hubo una fractura ósea.
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 babilla
- babillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce babilla?
- /baˈbiʝa/
- [baˈβ̞i.ʝa]
- [baˈβ̞iʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to babilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is babilla in Spanish?
babilla appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).