pestaña
Spanish, noun/pesˈtaɲa/
pestaña is spelled P-E-S-T-A-Ñ-A (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pestaña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “eyelash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada uno de los pelos que nacen del borde de los párpados”.
What does pestaña mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeyelash
- 2
femininetab (navigational widget)
- 3
feminineflange
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada uno de los pelos que nacen del borde de los párpados. 2. Solapa anidada dentro de una ventana.
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 pestaña
- pestañas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pestaña?
- /pesˈtaɲa/
- [pesˈt̪a.ɲa]
- [pesˈt̪aɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pestaña
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pestaña in Spanish?
pestaña appears 1.8 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).