escila
Spanish, noun/esˈθila/
escila is spelled E-S-C-I-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escila is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “squill; sea onion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does escila mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesquill; sea onion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of escila
- escilas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escila?
- /esˈθila/
- [esˈθi.la]
- /eˈsila/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escila
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escila in Spanish?
escila appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).