calderilla
Spanish, noun/kaldeˈɾiʝa/
calderilla is spelled C-A-L-D-E-R-I-L-L-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 73,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calderilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “small change (coins of little value)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Monedas de escaso valor”.
What does calderilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall change (coins of little value)
- 2
USfemininepeanuts, (UK) shrapnel (A very small or insufficient amount (especially of a salary))
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monedas de escaso valor. 2. Caldero pequeño para llevar el agua bendita. 3. Arbusto de la familia de las Saxifragáceas, de uno o dos metros de altura, flores amarillas, bayas rojas.
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 calderilla
- calderillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calderilla?
- /kaldeˈɾiʝa/
- [kal̪.d̪eˈɾi.ʝa]
- [kal̪d̪eˈɾiʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calderilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calderilla in Spanish?
calderilla appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).