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pila

Spanish, noun

pila is spelled P-I-L-A (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,633rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pila is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “small battery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of pilar. With an accent, pilá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of pilar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de cosas puestas unas sobre otras”.

What does pila mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesmall battery

    Coordinate term: batería

  2. 2

    femininepile, stack, heap, mound

    Tengo una pila de papeles encima de la mesa con órdenes de trabajo.

  3. 3

    colloquialfemininea lot

    pila de gente

  4. 4

    femininepile

noun

  1. 1

    femininesink; washbasin

  2. 2

    femininefont, baptismal font

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as pilá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of pilar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Conjunto de cosas puestas unas sobre otras. 2. Por extensión, gran cantidad de cosas. 3. En particular, pila₁ de lana correspondiente a un propietario en una esquila. 4. Pilar de un puente.

noun: 1. Pieza triangular en un blasón.

noun: 1. Recipiente fijo para agua, de piedra, cerámica o mampostería. 2. En particular, pila₁ que se emplea para el bautismo en las iglesias. 3. Por extensión, conjunto de fieles que habitan en una parroquia. 4. Por analogía, recipiente para el metal fundido en los hornos.

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 pila

  • pilas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to pila

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pila in Spanish?

pila appears 11 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).

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