carrillera
Spanish, noun[kariˈʝeɾa]
carrillera is spelled C-A-R-R-I-L-L-E-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carrillera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “jaw (of certain animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada uno de los huesos de la cara que se articula formando la boca en los vertebrados”.
What does carrillera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejaw (of certain animals)
- 2
femininechinstrap
- 3
femininethe meat of the jaw of certain animals
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada uno de los huesos de la cara que se articula formando la boca en los vertebrados. 2. Barboquejo guarnecido de escamas o anillas metálicas. 3. Cada una de las correas que sujetan el bocado de una cabezada.
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 carrillera
- carrilleras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carrillera?
- [kariˈʝeɾa]
- [kariˈʎeɾa]
- [kariˈʃeɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carrillera in Spanish?
carrillera appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).