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afilo

Spanish, adjective

afilo is spelled A-F-I-L-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afilo is a Spanish adjective meaning “alternative form of áfilo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of afilar. With an accent, áfilo is a different word: “aphyllous”. With an accent, afiló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of afilar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sin hojas”.

What does afilo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    alternative form of áfilo

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of afilar

adjective

as áfilo
  1. 1

    aphyllous

verb

as afiló
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of afilar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Sin hojas.

adjective: 1. Sin hojas

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 afilo

  • afila feminine
  • afilos masculine plural
  • afilas feminine plural
  • áfila feminine
  • áfilos masculine plural
  • áfilas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to afilo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is afilo in Spanish?

afilo appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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