gotelé
Spanish, noun/ɡoteˈle/
gotelé is spelled G-O-T-E-L-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gotelé is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “The type of bumpy texture used in popcorn ceiling, though this term is more associated with walls than ceilings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Técnica de pintura que consiste en dejar gotas o grumos como relieve en las paredes”.
What does gotelé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineThe type of bumpy texture used in popcorn ceiling, though this term is more associated with walls than ceilings.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Técnica de pintura que consiste en dejar gotas o grumos como relieve en las paredes. 2. Pintura realizada al gotelé₁.
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 gotelé
- gotelés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gotelé?
- /ɡoteˈle/
- [ɡo.t̪eˈle]
- [got̪eˈle]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gotelé in Spanish?
gotelé appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).