instilar
Spanish, verb/instiˈlaɾ/
instilar is spelled I-N-S-T-I-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish, the 311,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to instill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echar poco a poco, gota a gota, un licor en otra cosa”.
What does instilar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to instill
instilar miedo
- 2
to trickle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Echar poco a poco, gota a gota, un licor en otra cosa. 2. Infundir o introducir insensiblemente en el ánimo una cosa; como doctrina, afecto, etc.
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 instilar
- instilo first-person present singular
- instilé first-person preterite singular
- instilado participle past
- instilando gerund
- instilada feminine participle past
- instilados masculine participle past
- instiladas feminine participle past
- instilas indicative informal present
- instilás indicative informal present
- instila indicative present singular
- instilamos first-person indicative plural
- instiláis indicative plural present
- instilan indicative plural present
- instilaba first-person imperfect indicative
- instilabas imperfect indicative second-person
- instilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- instilabais imperfect indicative plural
- instilaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instilar?
- /instiˈlaɾ/
- [ĩns.t̪iˈlaɾ]
- [ĩnst̪iˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instilar in Spanish?
instilar appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).