plantilla

Plantilla is a Spanish noun with several related meanings centered on a pattern, form, or group used as a basis or reference. The core idea is a standard that can guide the creation of documents, forms, or layouts, as well as the personnel that make up an organization.

As a template or pattern: In business and design, a plantilla refers to a preformatted document or reusable layout, such as an invoice template or a website template. In crafts and manufacturing, a physical plantilla or pattern serves as a guide to transfer shapes onto material.

As staff: In corporate and HR language, la plantilla refers to the total workforce or staff of an organization, sometimes including details about roles and deployment. It is used when discussing staffing levels, hiring plans, or redundancies (reducir la plantilla).

As sports roster: In sports, especially football, the plantilla denotes the team roster—the list of players registered to compete, including substitutes.

Regional usage: The meanings vary by country; in Spain the term is common for both staff and templates, while in Latin America it more often refers to the workforce, with template usage understood in formal or technical contexts.