pilates
Spanish, noun/piˈlates/
pilates is spelled P-I-L-A-T-E-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilates is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pilates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sistema de ejercicios físicos que busca la mejora equilibrada de las capacidades físicas mediante el trabajo…”.
What does pilates mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepilates
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sistema de ejercicios físicos que busca la mejora equilibrada de las capacidades físicas mediante el trabajo coordinado del cuerpo y la mente a través de la práctica.
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.
How do you pronounce pilates?
- /piˈlates/
- [piˈla.t̪es]
- [piˈlat̪es]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pilates
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pilates in Spanish?
pilates appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).