mejilla
Spanish, noun/meˈxiʝa/
mejilla is spelled M-E-J-I-L-L-A (7 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,540th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mejilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cheek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte de la cara del ser humano que está debajo de las sienes y ojos, y que se extiende de cada lado de la…”.
What does mejilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecheek
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte de la cara del ser humano que está debajo de las sienes y ojos, y que se extiende de cada lado de la nariz hasta la barbilla cuya piel cierra lateralmente la boca.
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 mejilla
- mejillas plural
- mexilla alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mejilla?
- /meˈxiʝa/
- [meˈxi.ʝa]
- [meˈxiʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mejilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mejilla in Spanish?
mejilla appears 4.7 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).