vierteaguas
Spanish, noun/ˌbjeɾteˈaɡwas/
vierteaguas is spelled V-I-E-R-T-E-A-G-U-A-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Spanish, the 279,992nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vierteaguas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “window sill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Resguardo hecho de piedra, azulejos, zinc, madera, etc., que, formando una superficie inclinada…”.
What does vierteaguas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewindow sill
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Resguardo hecho de piedra, azulejos, zinc, madera, etc., que, formando una superficie inclinada convenientemente para escurrir las aguas llovedizas, se pone cubriendo los alféizares, los salientes de los paramentos, la parte baja de las puertas exteriores, etc.
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.
How do you pronounce vierteaguas?
- /ˌbjeɾteˈaɡwas/
- [ˌbjeɾ.t̪eˈa.ɣ̞was]
- [bjeɾt̪eˈaɣ̞was]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vierteaguas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vierteaguas in Spanish?
vierteaguas appears about once in every 65 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).