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paletada

Spanish, noun

paletada is spelled P-A-L-E-T-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written Spanish, the 289,016th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paletada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “trowel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does paletada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetrowel

  2. 2

    femininetrowelful

  3. 3

    femininespadeful

  4. 4

    femininespatula

  5. 5

    femininesail, blade

  6. 6

    femininepalette

  7. 7

    feminineincisor (tooth)

  8. 8

    femininehit with a spade or shovel

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of paletada

  • paletadas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is paletada in Spanish?

paletada appears about once in every 69 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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