maletilla
Spanish, noun/maleˈtiʝa/
maletilla is spelled M-A-L-E-T-I-L-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish, the 262,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maletilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “wannabe bullfighter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of maleta. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que aspira a ser torero, para lo cual practica en tientas, capeas, becerradas, etc”.
What does maletilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of maleta
- 2
femininewannabe bullfighter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que aspira a ser torero, para lo cual practica en tientas, capeas, becerradas, etc.
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 maletilla
- maletillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maletilla?
- /maleˈtiʝa/
- [ma.leˈt̪i.ʝa]
- [maleˈt̪iʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maletilla in Spanish?
maletilla appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).