destilar
Spanish, verb/destiˈlaɾ/
destilar is spelled D-E-S-T-I-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to distill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Separar, por el calor, una substancia volátil de otra más fija”.
What does destilar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to distill
- 2
to exude
- 3
to filter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Separar, por el calor, una substancia volátil de otra más fija.
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 destilar
- destilo first-person present singular
- destilé first-person preterite singular
- destilado participle past
- destilando gerund
- destilada feminine participle past
- destilados masculine participle past
- destiladas feminine participle past
- destilas indicative informal present
- destilás indicative informal present
- destila indicative present singular
- destilamos first-person indicative plural
- destiláis indicative plural present
- destilan indicative plural present
- destilaba first-person imperfect indicative
- destilabas imperfect indicative second-person
- destilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- destilabais imperfect indicative plural
- destilaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destilar?
- /destiˈlaɾ/
- [d̪es.t̪iˈlaɾ]
- [d̪est̪iˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destilar in Spanish?
destilar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).