gacetilla
Spanish, noun/ɡaθeˈtiʝa/
gacetilla is spelled G-A-C-E-T-I-L-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gacetilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “short piece of news” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte de un periódico destinada a la inserción de noticias cortas”.
What does gacetilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshort piece of news
- 2
femininegossip (in a newspaper)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte de un periódico destinada a la inserción de noticias cortas. 2. Cada una de estas mismas noticias. 3. Persona que por hábito e inclinación lleva y trae noticias de una parte a otra.
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 gacetilla
- gacetillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gacetilla?
- /ɡaθeˈtiʝa/
- [ɡa.θeˈt̪i.ʝa]
- [gaseˈt̪iʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gacetilla in Spanish?
gacetilla appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).