macolla
Spanish, noun
macolla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “stems, flowers, tillers, etc. growing in a clump or tuft, as with bunchgrass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of macollar. With an accent, macollá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of macollar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Formación vegetal consistente en el nacimiento común, desde un mismo pie, de inflorescencias, espigas o…”.
What does macolla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestems, flowers, tillers, etc. growing in a clump or tuft, as with bunchgrass
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of macollar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Formación vegetal consistente en el nacimiento común, desde un mismo pie, de inflorescencias, espigas o vástagos, como en la cañuela de oveja (Festuca ovina). 2. Conjunto de jefes máximos. 3. Agrupación de personas u objetos.
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 macolla
- macollas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is macolla in Spanish?
macolla 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).