pila

=

battery

noun

pila
feminine noun
1. battery (generador)
  • funciona a o con pilas -> it works o runs off batteries
  • ponerse las pilas (informal figurative) -> to get moving o cracking
  • pila alcalina -> alkaline battery
  • pila atómica -> atomic pile
  • pila recargable -> rechargeable battery
  • pila solar -> solar cell
2. pile (montón)
  • tiene una pila de deudas -> he's up to his neck in debt
3. sink (fregadero)
  • pila bautismal -> (baptismal) font
4. pile (architecture)

pila [pee'-lah]
noun
1. A large (stone) trough containing water for cattle. (f)
2. Baptismal font. (f)
3. Pile, heap of things thrown together (montón). (f)
  • Una pila de -> a heap of
4. Pile of shorn wool belonging to one owner. (f)
5. Parish. (f)
6. A holy-water basin. (f)
  • Nombre de pila -> Christian name
7. Buttress of an arch of a bridge. (Architecture) (f)
8. Galvanic or voltaic pile. (f)
  • Pila de agua bendita -> holy water stoup
9. Battery; cell. (f)
  • Aparato a pilas -> battery-run apparatus

"pila" in the Answers forum

Q: lavabo y pila - difference in meaning
A: muchas gracias :))
Q: how else besides nombre de pila does one say first name
A: How about "denomine primero"
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