ballestilla
Spanish, noun[baʝesˈt̪iʝa]
ballestilla is spelled B-A-L-L-E-S-T-I-L-L-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballestilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cross-staff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Balancín pequeño”.
What does ballestilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecross-staff
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Balancín pequeño. 2. Fleme. 3. Arte de anzuelo y cordel, a modo de arco de ballesta. 4. Antiguo instrumento, usado principalmente en la navegación, para tomar las alturas de los astros. Componíase de una vara cuadrangular, llamada virote, de unos 15 decímetros de alto, graduada en una de sus caras, a lo largo de la cual podía correr una reglita, llamada sonaja, colocada transversalmente; y enfilando con el astro las extremidades de ambas piezas, la graduación daba a conocer el ángulo
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 ballestilla
- ballestillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballestilla?
- [baʝesˈt̪iʝa]
- [baʎesˈt̪iʎa]
- [baʃesˈt̪iʃa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ballestilla in Spanish?
ballestilla appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).