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quillay

Spanish, noun[kiˈʝaj]

quillay is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “soapbark Quillaja saponaria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mapuchismo por Quillaja saponaria”.

What does quillay mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesoapbark Quillaja saponaria

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mapuchismo por Quillaja saponaria

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 quillay

  • quillayes plural

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

How do you pronounce quillay?

  • [kiˈʝaj]
  • [kiˈʎaj]
  • [kiˈʃaj]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is quillay in Spanish?

quillay appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).