hilván
Spanish, noun/ilˈban/
hilván is spelled H-I-L-V-Á-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 213,186th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hilván is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “basting, tack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Costura de puntadas largas con que se une y prepara lo que se ha de coser después de otra manera”.
What does hilván mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebasting, tack
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Costura de puntadas largas con que se une y prepara lo que se ha de coser después de otra manera. 2. Cada puntada que se da al coser el hilván. 3. El hilo que se emplea para hilvanar. 4. Dobladillo.
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 hilván
- hilvanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hilván?
- /ilˈban/
- [ilˈβ̞ãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hilván
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hilván in Spanish?
hilván appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).