pantorrilla
Spanish, noun/pantoˈriʝa/
pantorrilla is spelled P-A-N-T-O-R-R-I-L-L-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,859th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pantorrilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “calf (part of the leg)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte de la pierna, que comprende los gemelos, está situada por debajo de la rodilla y llega hasta el tobillo”.
What does pantorrilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalf (part of the leg)
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 pierna, que comprende los gemelos, está situada por debajo de la rodilla y llega hasta el tobillo.
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 pantorrilla
- pantorrillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pantorrilla?
- /pantoˈriʝa/
- [pãn̪.t̪oˈri.ʝa]
- [pãn̪t̪oˈriʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pantorrilla in Spanish?
pantorrilla appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).