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pila

/ˈpila/, [ˈpi.la]

battery

  • Translations

Noun pila f (plural pilas)

  1. small battery
  2. pile, mound
  3. (colloquial) a lot
    una pila de cosas
    a bunch of stuff
  4. (heraldry) pile

Noun pila f (plural pilas)

  2. sink; washbasin
  3. font, baptismal font

Verb pila

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of pilar.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pilar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Me tomé la libertad de llamarle por su nombre de pila.

    I took the liberty of calling him by his first name.

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  • Se paró el reloj. Necesita una nueva pila.

    The clock has stopped. A new battery is needed.

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  • Nunca supe su nombre de pila.

    I never knew his first name.

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  • El reloj se detuvo. Necesita una pila nueva.

    The clock stopped. It needs a new battery.

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  • ¿Te acuerdas del nombre de pila de tu abuela? No, yo siempre la llamaba abuelita.

    Do you remember the first name of your grandmother? - No, I just always called her granny.

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  • Había algunos libros de historietas mezclados con la pila de libros especializados del escritorio.

    There were some graphic novels mixed into the pile of specialty books on the desk.

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  • La pila está agotada.

    The battery is flat.

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  • Tom tiene una pila entera de boletas de estacionamiento sin pagar.

    Tom has a whole pile of unpaid parking tickets.

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  • ¿Cómo se pronuncia tu nombre de pila?

    How does one pronounce your first name?

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  • Había una pila de periódicos en la esquina de la pieza.

    There was a stack of newspapers in the corner of the room.

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