escotilla
Spanish, noun/eskoˈtiʝa/
escotilla is spelled E-S-C-O-T-I-L-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escotilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hatch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abertura grande, cuadrada o rectangular que se deja en varios puntos de las crujías de todas las cubiertas…”.
What does escotilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehatch
- 2
feminineairlock hatch
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abertura grande, cuadrada o rectangular que se deja en varios puntos de las crujías de todas las cubiertas, para bajar a las inferiores e introducir y extraer efectos de armamento o carga. Toma el nombre del paraje en que está situada; como escotilla mayor, escotilla de proa, de la despensa, etc.
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 escotilla
- escotillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escotilla?
- /eskoˈtiʝa/
- [es.koˈt̪i.ʝa]
- [eskoˈt̪iʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escotilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escotilla in Spanish?
escotilla appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).