tortillera
Spanish, noun/toɾtiˈʝeɾa/
tortillera is spelled T-O-R-T-I-L-L-E-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tortillera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a press for flattening out tortillas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of tortillero. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lesbiana (mujer que siente atracción sexual, afectiva, emocional, etc., por otras mujeres)”.
What does tortillera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of tortillero
- 2
femininea press for flattening out tortillas
- 3
Spaincolloquialderogatoryfemininedyke
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of tortillero
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lesbiana (mujer que siente atracción sexual, afectiva, emocional, etc., por otras mujeres)
adjective: 1. Forma femenina singular de tortillero.
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 tortillera
- tortilleras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tortillera?
- /toɾtiˈʝeɾa/
- [t̪oɾ.t̪iˈʝe.ɾa]
- [t̪oɾt̪iˈʝeɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tortillera in Spanish?
tortillera appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).