limar
Spanish, verb/liˈmaɾ/
limar is spelled L-I-M-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Limar is a Spanish verb meaning “to file (with a file or rasp)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Usar una lima para raspar o pulir una superficie”.
What does limar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to file (with a file or rasp)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Usar una lima para raspar o pulir una superficie. 2. Suavizar las diferencias, disminuir las dificultades. 3. Corregir, arreglar o perfeccionar una obra de arte, escrito u otra. 4. Quitar una porción de algo de forma paulatina.
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 limar
- limo first-person present singular
- limé first-person preterite singular
- limado participle past
- limando gerund
- limada feminine participle past
- limados masculine participle past
- limadas feminine participle past
- limas indicative informal present
- limás indicative informal present
- lima indicative present singular
- limamos first-person indicative plural
- limáis indicative plural present
- liman indicative plural present
- limaba first-person imperfect indicative
- limabas imperfect indicative second-person
- limábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- limabais imperfect indicative plural
- limaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce limar?
- /liˈmaɾ/
- [liˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is limar in Spanish?
limar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).