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maquilar

Spanish, verb/makiˈlaɾ/

maquilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to take a toll (of grain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cobrar el molinero la maquila”.

What does maquilar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to take a toll (of grain)

  2. 2

    to assemble

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Cobrar el molinero la maquila. 2. Importar materias primas, tratarlas y volver a exportarlas con mayor valor agregado.

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 maquilar

  • maquilo first-person present singular
  • maquilé first-person preterite singular
  • maquilado participle past
  • maquilando gerund
  • maquilada feminine participle past
  • maquilados masculine participle past
  • maquiladas feminine participle past
  • maquilas indicative informal present
  • maquilás indicative informal present
  • maquila indicative present singular
  • maquilamos first-person indicative plural
  • maquiláis indicative plural present
  • maquilan indicative plural present
  • maquilaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • maquilabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • maquilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • maquilabais imperfect indicative plural
  • maquilaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce maquilar?

  • /makiˈlaɾ/
  • [ma.kiˈlaɾ]
  • [makiˈlaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is maquilar in Spanish?

maquilar appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).