filetear
Spanish, verb/fileteˈaɾ/
filetear is spelled F-I-L-E-T-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filetear is a Spanish verb meaning “to fillet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cortar algo en filetes (lonchas)”.
What does filetear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fillet
- 2
to thread (a needle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cortar algo en filetes (lonchas). 2. Adornar algo con filetes (tiras de adorno). 3. Coser el borde de una tela cortada, para evitar que se deshilache.
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 filetear
- fileteo first-person present singular
- fileteé first-person preterite singular
- fileteado participle past
- fileteando gerund
- fileteada feminine participle past
- fileteados masculine participle past
- fileteadas feminine participle past
- fileteas indicative informal present
- fileteás indicative informal present
- filetea indicative present singular
- fileteamos first-person indicative plural
- fileteáis indicative plural present
- filetean indicative plural present
- fileteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fileteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fileteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fileteabais imperfect indicative plural
- fileteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filetear?
- /fileteˈaɾ/
- [fi.le.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [filet̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is filetear in Spanish?
filetear appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).