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anillar

Spanish, verb/aniˈʝaɾ/

anillar is spelled A-N-I-L-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anillar is a Spanish verb meaning “to ring (put a ring on e.g. an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar forma circular como de aro o de anillo”.

What does anillar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to ring (put a ring on e.g. an animal)

  2. 2

    to put into a ring shape

  3. 3

    to ring (carve ring shapes or circular shapes)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Dar forma circular como de aro o de anillo. 2. Sujetar, ceñir, rodear o fijar con anillos. 3. Hacer o formar piezas circulares, como anillos o aros, especialmente artesanos como cuchilleros, herreros, etc. 4. Marcar con anillas (piezas distintivas) un animal, comúnmente un ave, para seguir y estudiar sus hábitos.

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 anillar

  • anillo first-person present singular
  • anillé first-person preterite singular
  • anillado participle past
  • anillando gerund
  • anillada feminine participle past
  • anillados masculine participle past
  • anilladas feminine participle past
  • anillas indicative informal present
  • anillás indicative informal present
  • anilla indicative present singular
  • anillamos first-person indicative plural
  • anilláis indicative plural present
  • anillan indicative plural present
  • anillaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • anillabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • anillábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • anillabais imperfect indicative plural
  • anillaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce anillar?

  • /aniˈʝaɾ/
  • [a.niˈʝaɾ]
  • [aniˈʝaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is anillar in Spanish?

anillar appears about once in every 87 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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