filar
Spanish, verb/fiˈlaɾ/
filar is spelled F-I-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cotton on, be onto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hilar”.
What does filar mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto cotton on, be onto
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hilar. 2. Observar, mirar. 3. Cortar sutilmente. 4. Desajustar una vela, dejando más cabo libre para que quede menos tensa.
noun: 1. Cada uno de los palos que había en las galeras para guardar los remos.
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 filar
- filo first-person present singular
- filé first-person preterite singular
- filado participle past
- filando gerund
- filada feminine participle past
- filados masculine participle past
- filadas feminine participle past
- filas indicative informal present
- filás indicative informal present
- fila indicative present singular
- filamos first-person indicative plural
- filáis indicative plural present
- filan indicative plural present
- filaba first-person imperfect indicative
- filabas imperfect indicative second-person
- filábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- filabais imperfect indicative plural
- filaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filar?
- /fiˈlaɾ/
- [fiˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filar in Spanish?
filar appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).