tropilla
Spanish, noun/tɾoˈpiʝa/
tropilla is spelled T-R-O-P-I-L-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 174,457th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tropilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “team, group; herd of horses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grupo de 12 o 15 caballos de montar que sigue a una yegua -la madrina- cuyo cencerro los acostumbra a andar…”.
What does tropilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineteam, group; herd of horses
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grupo de 12 o 15 caballos de montar que sigue a una yegua -la madrina- cuyo cencerro los acostumbra a andar siempre juntos o amadrinados, y de la cual jamás se apartan.
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 tropilla
- tropillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tropilla?
- /tɾoˈpiʝa/
- [t̪ɾoˈpi.ʝa]
- [t̪ɾoˈpiʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tropilla in Spanish?
tropilla appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).