pillería
Spanish, noun/piʝeˈɾia/
pillería is spelled P-I-L-L-E-R-Í-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pillería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tricking, playing tricks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de pillos”.
What does pillería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetricking, playing tricks
Ella logró su meta con pillería.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de pillos. 2. Estado de vagancia de los pillos. 3. Acto propio del niño travieso.
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 pillería
- pillerías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pillería?
- /piʝeˈɾia/
- [pi.ʝeˈɾi.a]
- [piʝeˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pillería in Spanish?
pillería appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).