escrófula
Spanish, noun/esˈkɾofula/
escrófula is spelled E-S-C-R-Ó-F-U-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish, the 224,790th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escrófula is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “scrofula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tumor frío de los ganglios linfáticos superficiales, que generalmente viene acompañado de más debilidades…”.
What does escrófula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescrofula
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tumor frío de los ganglios linfáticos superficiales, que generalmente viene acompañado de más debilidades sobre el sistema inmune y también le abre la puerta a la tuberculosis.
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 escrófula
- escrófulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escrófula?
- /esˈkɾofula/
- [esˈkɾo.fu.la]
- [esˈkɾofula]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escrófula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escrófula in Spanish?
escrófula appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).