gatillar
Spanish, verb/ɡatiˈʝaɾ/
gatillar is spelled G-A-T-I-L-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 136,710th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gatillar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shell out, fork out (pay)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Accionar el gatillo de un arma de fuego”.
What does gatillar mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto shell out, fork out (pay)
- 2
to trigger a firearm
- 3
to start a process; trigger
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Accionar el gatillo de un arma de fuego. 2. Por extensión, dar inicio o pie a algo. 3. Abonar el precio de algo.
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 gatillar
- gatillo first-person present singular
- gatillé first-person preterite singular
- gatillado participle past
- gatillando gerund
- gatillada feminine participle past
- gatillados masculine participle past
- gatilladas feminine participle past
- gatillas indicative informal present
- gatillás indicative informal present
- gatilla indicative present singular
- gatillamos first-person indicative plural
- gatilláis indicative plural present
- gatillan indicative plural present
- gatillaba first-person imperfect indicative
- gatillabas imperfect indicative second-person
- gatillábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- gatillabais imperfect indicative plural
- gatillaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gatillar?
- /ɡatiˈʝaɾ/
- [ɡa.t̪iˈʝaɾ]
- [gat̪iˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gatillar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gatillar in Spanish?
gatillar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).