No. 9,900 in Spanish

bolas

"Bolas" means "balls" in English.

In a sentence

Las bolas de nieve son muy divertidas para lanzar en invierno.
Snowballs are very fun to throw in winter.
In this sentence, 'bolas' refers to 'balls', specifically snowballs, serving as a descriptor for an object.
Él siempre está echando bolas en lugar de estudiar.
He is always goofing around instead of studying.
Here, 'bolas' is part of the colloquial expression 'echar bolas', implying wasting time or not being serious.
¡Qué bolas tan grandes tiene ese árbol de Navidad!
What big ornaments this Christmas tree has!
In this case, 'bolas' refers to spherical ornaments (Christmas balls) decorating the tree.

Hear it in real podcasts

The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “bolas” in actual Spanish podcasts.

Learn it from shows you like

LangTurbo plays Spanish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.

Get the app

Spanish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).