viola
Spanish, noun
viola is spelled V-I-O-L-A (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,230th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viola is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “viola (musical instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of violar. With an accent, violá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of violar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de cuerda que se toca por frotación. Es mayor que el violín”.
What does viola mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineviola (musical instrument)
- 2
feminineslangelectric guitar
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of violar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de cuerda que se toca por frotación. Es mayor que el violín. 2. Guitarra. 3. Barriga, panza, en especial cuando es de una persona obesa. 4. Canica nueva o con poco uso.
noun: 1. Músico que toca la viola.
noun: 1. Violeta. 2. Cualquiera de las plantas herbáceas de la familia de las violáceas.
noun: 1. Violador.
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 viola
- violas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to viola
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is viola in Spanish?
viola appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).