paliar
Spanish, verb/paˈljaɾ/
paliar is spelled P-A-L-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paliar is a Spanish verb meaning “to palliate, alleviate, soothe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mitigar, atenuar o mermar algo negativo”.
What does paliar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to palliate, alleviate, soothe
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mitigar, atenuar o mermar algo negativo. 2. Excusar, justificar una mala acción. 3. Encubrir, ocultar.
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 paliar
- palío first-person present singular
- palio first-person present singular
- palié first-person preterite singular
- paliado participle past
- i-í alternation
- paliando gerund
- paliada feminine participle past
- paliados masculine participle past
- paliadas feminine participle past
- palías indicative present second-person
- palias indicative informal present
- paliás indicative informal present
- palía indicative present singular
- palia indicative present singular
- paliamos first-person indicative plural
- paliáis indicative plural present
- palían indicative plural present
- palian indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paliar?
- /paˈljaɾ/
- [paˈljaɾ]
- [paliˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paliar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paliar in Spanish?
paliar appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).