mostacilla
Spanish, noun/mostaˈθiʝa/
mostacilla is spelled M-O-S-T-A-C-I-L-L-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish, the 285,965th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mostacilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Munición del tamaño de la semilla de mostaza, que se emplea para la caza de pájaros y otros animales pequeños”.
What does mostacilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebead
- 2
feminineBunias erucago
- 3
feminineCynophalla flexuosa
- 4
femininesprinkle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Munición del tamaño de la semilla de mostaza, que se emplea para la caza de pájaros y otros animales pequeños. 2. Pequeño aro que se usa para hacer collares o pulseras, similar al canuto, pero más corto y robusto. 3. Abalorio de mostacillas. 4. Objeto muy pequeño.
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 mostacilla
- mostacillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mostacilla?
- /mostaˈθiʝa/
- [mos.t̪aˈθi.ʝa]
- [most̪aˈsiʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mostacilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mostacilla in Spanish?
mostacilla appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).