ergástula
Spanish, noun[eɾˈɣ̞ast̪ula]
ergástula is spelled E-R-G-Á-S-T-U-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish, the 277,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ergástula is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ergastulum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ergástula mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineergastulum
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prisión donde encerraban a los esclavos en la Antigua Roma.
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 ergástula
- ergástulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ergástula?
- [eɾˈɣ̞ast̪ula]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ergástula in Spanish?
ergástula appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).