virgulilla
Spanish, noun/biɾɡuˈliʝa/
virgulilla is spelled V-I-R-G-U-L-I-L-L-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 189,865th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virgulilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tilde” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Marca gráfica, especialmente la usada en la escritura, que consiste en un trazo pequeño añadido a una letra…”.
What does virgulilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetilde
- 2
feminineprime (mark)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marca gráfica, especialmente la usada en la escritura, que consiste en un trazo pequeño añadido a una letra, con diferentes usos, pero por lo general para indicar algún aspecto de la pronunciación. 2. Trazo en forma de línea pequeña y delgada.
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 virgulilla
- virgulillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce virgulilla?
- /biɾɡuˈliʝa/
- [biɾ.ɣ̞uˈli.ʝa]
- [biɾɣ̞uˈliʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to virgulilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is virgulilla in Spanish?
virgulilla appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).