tarabilla
Spanish, noun/taɾaˈbiʝa/
tarabilla is spelled T-A-R-A-B-I-L-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish, the 200,060th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tarabilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “stonechat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cítola del molino”.
What does tarabilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestonechat
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cítola del molino. 2. Zoquetillo de madera que sirve para cerrar las puertas o ventanas: está clavado al marco de forma que pueda girar y con una extremidad asegura la ventana. 3. Listón de madera que por torsión mantiene tirante la cuerda del bastidor de una sierra. 4. Persona que habla mucho, de prisa y sin orden ni concierto.
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 tarabilla
- tarabillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tarabilla?
- /taɾaˈbiʝa/
- [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa]
- [t̪aɾaˈβ̞iʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tarabilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tarabilla in Spanish?
tarabilla appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).