báscula
Spanish, noun
báscula is spelled B-Á-S-C-U-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Báscula is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “scales, balance, weighing machine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, bascula is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. With an accent, basculá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of bascular”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aparato que sirve para medir pesos”.
What does báscula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescales, balance, weighing machine
- 2
femininedecimal scale (device used to measure heavy weights)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of bascular
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aparato que sirve para medir pesos.
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 báscula
- básculas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to báscula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is báscula in Spanish?
báscula appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).