chirola
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃiˈɾola/
chirola is spelled C-H-I-R-O-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chirola is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “prison, jail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Moneda pequeña de poco valor”.
What does chirola mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslangprison, jail
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Moneda pequeña de poco valor. 2. Pelota. 3. Canica. 4. Globo.
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 chirola
- chirolas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chirola?
- /t͡ʃiˈɾola/
- [t͡ʃiˈɾo.la]
- [t͡ʃiˈɾola]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chirola in Spanish?
chirola appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).