girola
Spanish, noun[xiˈɾola]
girola is spelled G-I-R-O-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Girola is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ambulatory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nave o pasillo semicircular en el ábside, que rodea por detrás al presbiterio y que resulta una prolongación…”.
What does girola mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineambulatory
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nave o pasillo semicircular en el ábside, que rodea por detrás al presbiterio y que resulta una prolongación de la naves laterales de la iglesia, teniendo como función facilitar el tránsito de fieles, especialmente en las iglesias románicas de peregrinación, donde surgió, aunque luego también presente en las góticas.
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 girola
- girolas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce girola?
- [xiˈɾola]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is girola in Spanish?
girola appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).