apolillado
Spanish, adjective/apoliˈʝado/
apolillado is a Spanish adjective meaning “moth-eaten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of apolillar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Roído o deteriorado por las polillas”.
What does apolillado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
moth-eaten
verb
- 1
past participle of apolillar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Roído o deteriorado por las polillas. 2. Anticuado, rancio, pasado de moda.
verb: 1. Participio de apolillar o de apolillarse.
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 apolillado
- apolillada feminine
- apolillados masculine plural
- apolilladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apolillado?
- /apoliˈʝado/
- [a.po.liˈʝa.ð̞o]
- [apoliˈʝað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apolillado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apolillado in Spanish?
apolillado 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).