pestillo
Spanish, noun/pesˈtiʝo/
pestillo is spelled P-E-S-T-I-L-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pestillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “latch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cierre para puertas mediante una barra de metal corredera”.
What does pestillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelatch
- 2
masculinebolt (of a lock)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cierre para puertas mediante una barra de metal corredera.
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 pestillo
- pestillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pestillo?
- /pesˈtiʝo/
- [pesˈt̪i.ʝo]
- [pesˈt̪iʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pestillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pestillo in Spanish?
pestillo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).