rabadilla
Spanish, noun/rabaˈdiʝa/
rabadilla is spelled R-A-B-A-D-I-L-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 110,969th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rabadilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “coccyx” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Punta o extremidad del espinazo, formada por la última pieza del hueso sacro y por todas las del cóccix”.
What does rabadilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecoccyx
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Punta o extremidad del espinazo, formada por la última pieza del hueso sacro y por todas las del cóccix. 2. En las aves, extremidad movible en donde están las plumas de la cola.
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 rabadilla
- rabadillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rabadilla?
- /rabaˈdiʝa/
- [ra.β̞aˈð̞i.ʝa]
- [raβ̞aˈð̞iʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rabadilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rabadilla in Spanish?
rabadilla appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).