chirla
Spanish, noun
chirla is spelled C-H-I-R-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 172,602nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chirla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “clam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of chirlar. With an accent, chirlá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of chirlar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Almeja”.
What does chirla mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclam
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of chirlar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Almeja
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 chirla
- chirlas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chirla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chirla in Spanish?
chirla appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).