pilar
Spanish, noun/piˈlaɾ/
pilar is spelled P-I-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,291st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pillar, pier, mainstay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento arquitectónico vertical de soporte aislado y macizo ya sea de sección rectangular, cruciforme o…”.
What does pilar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepillar, pier, mainstay
- 2
masculineprop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)
verb
- 1
to pound
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Elemento arquitectónico vertical de soporte aislado y macizo ya sea de sección rectangular, cruciforme o estrellada, que se usa en la construcción para soportar una estructura. 2. Carteles que señalizan los caminos. 3. Concepto o principio que es muy fundamental, elemental o más importante que el resto de cosas que forman parte de un conjunto.
noun: 1. Pila (recipiente), Pilón.
verb: 1. Quitar la cáscara de los granos en un pilón.
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 pilar
- pilares plural
- pilo first-person present singular
- pilé first-person preterite singular
- pilado participle past
- pilando gerund
- pilada feminine participle past
- pilados masculine participle past
- piladas feminine participle past
- pilas indicative informal present
- pilás indicative informal present
- pila indicative present singular
- pilamos first-person indicative plural
- piláis indicative plural present
- pilan indicative plural present
- pilaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pilabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pilabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pilar?
- /piˈlaɾ/
- [piˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pilar in Spanish?
pilar appears 14 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).