roldana
Spanish, noun/rolˈdana/
roldana is spelled R-O-L-D-A-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 150,504th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roldana is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pulley (simple machine used to lift heavy objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rueda acanalada por donde corre la cuerda en un motón o garrucha. También se las utiliza para deslizarse…”.
What does roldana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepulley (simple machine used to lift heavy objects)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rueda acanalada por donde corre la cuerda en un motón o garrucha. También se las utiliza para deslizarse sobre un riel como es el caso de las roldana de frigoríficos. 2. Rondana. 3. Vasija usada para vino.
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 roldana
- roldanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roldana?
- /rolˈdana/
- [rol̪ˈd̪a.na]
- [rol̪ˈd̪ana]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roldana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roldana in Spanish?
roldana appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).