candileja
Spanish, noun
candileja is spelled C-A-N-D-I-L-E-J-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish, the 301,588th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candileja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a kind of torch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does candileja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea kind of torch
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of candileja
- candilejas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to candileja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is candileja in Spanish?
candileja appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).