perfilar
Spanish, verb/peɾfiˈlaɾ/
perfilar is spelled P-E-R-F-I-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perfilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to outline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trazar o calcar el perfil de una figura”.
What does perfilar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to outline
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Trazar o calcar el perfil de una figura.
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 perfilar
- perfilo first-person present singular
- perfilé first-person preterite singular
- perfilado participle past
- perfilando gerund
- perfilada feminine participle past
- perfilados masculine participle past
- perfiladas feminine participle past
- perfilas indicative informal present
- perfilás indicative informal present
- perfila indicative present singular
- perfilamos first-person indicative plural
- perfiláis indicative plural present
- perfilan indicative plural present
- perfilaba first-person imperfect indicative
- perfilabas imperfect indicative second-person
- perfilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- perfilabais imperfect indicative plural
- perfilaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perfilar?
- /peɾfiˈlaɾ/
- [peɾ.fiˈlaɾ]
- [peɾfiˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perfilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perfilar in Spanish?
perfilar 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).