guillotina
Spanish, noun
guillotina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “guillotine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of guillotinar. With an accent, guillotiná is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of guillotinar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Máquina que consta de una cuchilla ancha y pesada que cae deslizándose entre dos guías, empleada para…”.
What does guillotina mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineguillotine
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of guillotinar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Máquina que consta de una cuchilla ancha y pesada que cae deslizándose entre dos guías, empleada para decapitar a los condenados a muerte. 2. Cizalla (máquina similar a la guillotina usada para cortar chapa o cartón). 3. Táctica usada para evitar el obstruccionismo, limitando las intervenciones o el plazo de la discusión.
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 guillotina
- guillotinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to guillotina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guillotina in Spanish?
guillotina appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).