afilador
Spanish, noun/afilaˈdoɾ/
afilador is spelled A-F-I-L-A-D-O-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afilador is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “blade sharpener, whetstone, hone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona cuya ocupación es afilar instrumentos cortantes como cuchillos y machetes”.
What does afilador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblade sharpener, whetstone, hone
- 2
masculinewomanizer
- 3
masculinepencil sharpener
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que afila o saca filo.
noun: 1. Persona cuya ocupación es afilar instrumentos cortantes como cuchillos y machetes. 2. Persona que tiende a seducir y tener romances pasajeros con frecuencia.
noun: 1. Instrumento para afilar, que puede ser de piedra, u otro material. 2. En particular, el instrumento que sirve para afilar la punta de los lápices.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afilador
- afiladores plural
- afiladora feminine
- afiladoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afilador?
- /afilaˈdoɾ/
- [a.fi.laˈð̞oɾ]
- [afilaˈð̞oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afilador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afilador in Spanish?
afilador appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).