escollera
Spanish, noun[eskoˈʝeɾa]
escollera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “breakwater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fila de escollos unidos o casi unidos”.
What does escollera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreakwater
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fila de escollos unidos o casi unidos. 2. Construcción de piedras o bloques arrojadas al fondo del agua para formar un dique o muro que actúa como defensa contra el oleaje y la acción de las corrientes.
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 escollera
- escolleras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escollera?
- [eskoˈʝeɾa]
- [eskoˈʎeɾa]
- [eskoˈʃeɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escollera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escollera in Spanish?
escollera appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).