lijar
Spanish, verb/liˈxaɾ/
lijar is spelled L-I-J-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 90,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lijar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasar con lija a una superficie u otro material abrasivo”.
What does lijar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sand
- 2
obsoleteto regret
- 3
Spaincolloquialslangto have sex
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pasar con lija a una superficie u otro material abrasivo.
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 lijar
- lijo first-person present singular
- lijé first-person preterite singular
- lijado participle past
- lijando gerund
- lijada feminine participle past
- lijados masculine participle past
- lijadas feminine participle past
- lijas indicative informal present
- lijás indicative informal present
- lija indicative present singular
- lijamos first-person indicative plural
- lijáis indicative plural present
- lijan indicative plural present
- lijaba first-person imperfect indicative
- lijabas imperfect indicative second-person
- lijábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- lijabais imperfect indicative plural
- lijaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lijar?
- /liˈxaɾ/
- [liˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lijar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lijar in Spanish?
lijar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).