película
Spanish, noun/peˈlikula/
película is spelled P-E-L-Í-C-U-L-A (8 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written Spanish, the 575th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Película is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “film (layer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Capa delgada de material que cubre un objeto”.
What does película mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefilm (layer)
- 2
femininemovie (US, Canada), film
- 3
femininestory (invented story, especially one as an excuse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capa delgada de material que cubre un objeto. 2. En particular, la que cubre algunas lesiones de la piel. 3. Delgada capa exterior que forma el epicarpio en algunos frutos. 4. Delgada capa de celuloide que ha recibido o puede recibir una impresión fotográfica.
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 película
- películas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce película?
- /peˈlikula/
- [peˈli.ku.la]
- [peˈlikula]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to película
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is película in Spanish?
película appears 148 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).