astillar
Spanish, verb/astiˈʝaɾ/
astillar is spelled A-S-T-I-L-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish, the 234,430th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Astillar is a Spanish verb meaning “to splinter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer astillas en una cosa”.
What does astillar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to splinter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer astillas en una cosa. 2. Convertir algún objeto, especialmente de madera, en astillas.
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 astillar
- astillo first-person present singular
- astillé first-person preterite singular
- astillado participle past
- astillando gerund
- astillada feminine participle past
- astillados masculine participle past
- astilladas feminine participle past
- astillas indicative informal present
- astillás indicative informal present
- astilla indicative present singular
- astillamos first-person indicative plural
- astilláis indicative plural present
- astillan indicative plural present
- astillaba first-person imperfect indicative
- astillabas imperfect indicative second-person
- astillábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- astillabais imperfect indicative plural
- astillaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce astillar?
- /astiˈʝaɾ/
- [as.t̪iˈʝaɾ]
- [ast̪iˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to astillar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is astillar in Spanish?
astillar appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).