apantallar
Spanish, verb/apantaˈʝaɾ/
apantallar is spelled A-P-A-N-T-A-L-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 191,875th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apantallar is a Spanish verb meaning “to screen (put up a screen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ventilar o mover el aire con un objeto plano, usualmente hacia una persona”.
What does apantallar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Spainto screen (put up a screen)
- 2
to fan (move wind with a hand fan to cool someone down)
- 3
Mexicoto impress (someone), to cause awe to (someone).
Me apantallaste con lo que conocías del programa.
- 4
Mexicoto show off, or do something as a way to brag to (someone).
A él le gusta apantallar a otros con su ropa cara.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ventilar o mover el aire con un objeto plano, usualmente hacia una persona.
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 apantallar
- apantallo first-person present singular
- apantallé first-person preterite singular
- apantallado participle past
- apantallando gerund
- apantallada feminine participle past
- apantallados masculine participle past
- apantalladas feminine participle past
- apantallas indicative informal present
- apantallás indicative informal present
- apantalla indicative present singular
- apantallamos first-person indicative plural
- apantalláis indicative plural present
- apantallan indicative plural present
- apantallaba first-person imperfect indicative
- apantallabas imperfect indicative second-person
- apantallábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- apantallabais imperfect indicative plural
- apantallaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apantallar?
- /apantaˈʝaɾ/
- [a.pãn̪.t̪aˈʝaɾ]
- [apãn̪t̪aˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apantallar in Spanish?
apantallar appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).