chillar
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃiˈʝaɾ/
chillar is spelled C-H-I-L-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chillar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shriek, to screech, to scream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chillar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shriek, to screech, to scream
- 2
to creak
- 3
to sizzle, to hiss
- 4
colloquialto speak; say a word
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chillar
- chillo first-person present singular
- chillé first-person preterite singular
- chillado participle past
- chillando gerund
- chillada feminine participle past
- chillados masculine participle past
- chilladas feminine participle past
- chillas indicative informal present
- chillás indicative informal present
- chilla indicative present singular
- chillamos first-person indicative plural
- chilláis indicative plural present
- chillan indicative plural present
- chillaba first-person imperfect indicative
- chillabas imperfect indicative second-person
- chillábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- chillabais imperfect indicative plural
- chillaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chillar?
- /t͡ʃiˈʝaɾ/
- [t͡ʃiˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chillar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chillar in Spanish?
chillar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).