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píldoras

PEEL-doh-rahs/ˈpil.do.ɾas/

píldoras means pills in Spanish (medication).

pills, tablets

Also: medication
NounfA1
A simple illustration showing three brightly colored, round pills, one red, one blue, and one yellow, resting on a smooth, neutral background.

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Necesito ir a la farmacia a comprar mis píldoras para la presión.

A2

I need to go to the pharmacy to buy my pills for my blood pressure.

El doctor dijo que debo tomar estas píldoras tres veces al día.

A1

The doctor said I must take these pills three times a day.

Las píldoras anticonceptivas son muy comunes hoy en día.

B1

Birth control pills are very common nowadays.

Word Connections

Synonyms

Common Collocations

  • tomar píldorasto take pills
  • píldoras para dormirsleeping pills

Idioms & Expressions

  • tragar la píldoraTo accept an unpleasant truth or difficult situation (literally 'to swallow the pill').

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Quick Quiz: píldoras

Question 1 of 2

¿Cuál es la frase más común para decir que alguien consume su medicina?

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📚 Etymology

This word comes from the Latin word 'pilula,' which was a diminutive form of 'pila' meaning 'ball' or 'sphere.' So, a 'píldora' is literally a 'small ball' of medicine.

First recorded: 15th century (in similar forms)

Cognates (Related words)

English: pillItalian: pillola

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Frequently Asked Questions

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre 'píldoras' y 'pastillas'?

For most everyday conversations, 'píldoras' and 'pastillas' are completely interchangeable and mean the same thing (pills/tablets). 'Pastilla' is perhaps slightly more common regionally, but both are understood everywhere.