chiquillada
Spanish, noun[t͡ʃikiˈʝað̞a]
chiquillada is spelled C-H-I-Q-U-I-L-L-A-D-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiquillada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “childishness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción propia de un muchacho o chaval joven, especialmente referido a cosas insensatas o a travesuras”.
What does chiquillada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechildishness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción propia de un muchacho o chaval joven, especialmente referido a cosas insensatas o a travesuras.
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 chiquillada
- chiquilladas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiquillada?
- [t͡ʃikiˈʝað̞a]
- [t͡ʃikiˈʎað̞a]
- [t͡ʃikiˈʃað̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chiquillada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chiquillada in Spanish?
chiquillada appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).