hilar
Spanish, verb/iˈlaɾ/
hilar is spelled H-I-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to spin (as with thread)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Convertir en hilos o hebras ciertos materiales, como la lana o el algodón”.
What does hilar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spin (as with thread)
- 2
to string together, put together (words, to make coherent sentences)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Convertir en hilos o hebras ciertos materiales, como la lana o el algodón. 2. Dicho de ciertos artrópodos, segregar sustancias que forman filamentos. 3. Discurrir, trazar o inferir unas cosas de otras.
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 hilar
- hilo first-person present singular
- hilé first-person preterite singular
- hilado participle past
- hilando gerund
- hilada feminine participle past
- hilados masculine participle past
- hiladas feminine participle past
- hilas indicative informal present
- hilás indicative informal present
- hila indicative present singular
- hilamos first-person indicative plural
- hiláis indicative plural present
- hilan indicative plural present
- hilaba first-person imperfect indicative
- hilabas imperfect indicative second-person
- hilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- hilabais imperfect indicative plural
- hilaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hilar?
- /iˈlaɾ/
- [iˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hilar in Spanish?
hilar 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).