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calilla

Spanish, noun/kaˈliʝa/

calilla is spelled C-A-L-I-L-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish, the 338,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “annoyance, bother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deuda, dinero adeudado”.

What does calilla mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Latin-Americacolloquialfeminineannoyance, bother

  2. 2

    colloquialfemininedebt

  3. 3

    feminineannoying person

  4. 4

    femininethin and long cigar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Deuda, dinero adeudado. 2. Persona cargante, insistente, pesada. 3. Enema, procedimiento para combatir el estreñimiento. 4. Cigarrillo delgado, a menudo de fabricación casera.

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 calilla

  • calillas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce calilla?

  • /kaˈliʝa/
  • [kaˈli.ʝa]
  • [kaˈliʝa]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to calilla

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is calilla in Spanish?

calilla appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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