manilla
Spanish, noun/maˈniʝa/
manilla is spelled M-A-N-I-L-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 70,049th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “handle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento que se usa para machacar productos idóneos dentro del almirez. Se compone de dos partes, ambas…”.
What does manilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehandle
- 2
femininehand (of a clock)
- 3
Spainfemininedoor handle
- 4
femininebracelet
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento que se usa para machacar productos idóneos dentro del almirez. Se compone de dos partes, ambas redondeadas, la parte de arriba con menor circunferencia, especial para la medida de la mano; la parte inferior más gruesa y con una base redondeada y lisa, pensada para machacar. 2. Pulsera.
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 manilla
- manillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manilla?
- /maˈniʝa/
- [maˈni.ʝa]
- [maˈniʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manilla in Spanish?
manilla appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).