aquilatar
Spanish, verb/akilaˈtaɾ/
aquilatar is spelled A-Q-U-I-L-A-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 191,875th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aquilatar is a Spanish verb meaning “to assay; to analyze or examine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Examinar y graduar los quilates del oro y de las perlas y piedras preciosas”.
What does aquilatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to assay; to analyze or examine
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Examinar y graduar los quilates del oro y de las perlas y piedras preciosas. 2. Examinar y apreciar debidamente el mérito de una persona o el mérito o verdad de una cosa. 3. Purificar.
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 aquilatar
- aquilato first-person present singular
- aquilaté first-person preterite singular
- aquilatado participle past
- aquilatando gerund
- aquilatada feminine participle past
- aquilatados masculine participle past
- aquilatadas feminine participle past
- aquilatas indicative informal present
- aquilatás indicative informal present
- aquilata indicative present singular
- aquilatamos first-person indicative plural
- aquilatáis indicative plural present
- aquilatan indicative plural present
- aquilataba first-person imperfect indicative
- aquilatabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aquilatábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aquilatabais imperfect indicative plural
- aquilataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aquilatar?
- /akilaˈtaɾ/
- [a.ki.laˈt̪aɾ]
- [akilaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aquilatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aquilatar in Spanish?
aquilatar 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).