polea
Spanish, noun
polea is spelled P-O-L-E-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pulley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, poleá is a different word: “poleá”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mecanismo compuesto de una rueda, acanalada en su borde, por la cual pasa una cuerda en cuyos dos extremos…”.
What does polea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepulley
noun
- 1
femininepoleá
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mecanismo compuesto de una rueda, acanalada en su borde, por la cual pasa una cuerda en cuyos dos extremos actúan, respectivamente, la potencia y la resistencia. Se usa para levantar objetos pesados, y es más útil usar combinaciones de 2 o más poleas.
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 polea
- poleas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polea in Spanish?
polea appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).