patrulla
Spanish, noun
patrulla is spelled P-A-T-R-U-L-L-A (8 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,466th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patrulla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “patrol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of patrullar. With an accent, patrullá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of patrullar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grupo de guardias, soldados u otros agentes del orden que recorren periódicamente una zona para vigilarla”.
What does patrulla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepatrol
estar de patrulla
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of patrullar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grupo de guardias, soldados u otros agentes del orden que recorren periódicamente una zona para vigilarla. 2. Vigilancia que una patrulla₁ presta. 3. Por extensión, cualquier destacamento que realiza recorridos periódicos para vigilancia u observación. 4. Vehículo policial que realiza patrullas₂.
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 patrulla
- patrullas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to patrulla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patrulla in Spanish?
patrulla appears 6.0 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).