pillar
Spanish, verb/piˈʝaɾ/
pillar is spelled P-I-L-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,890th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pillar is a Spanish verb meaning “to catch, get, to grab (e.g. grab a cab, get lunch, grab a drink, catch a movie)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tomar o coger para sí lo que es propiedad de otros”.
What does pillar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to catch, get, to grab (e.g. grab a cab, get lunch, grab a drink, catch a movie)
- 2
to pilfer, steal
- 3
to tag
- 4
colloquialto get (a joke)
- 5
colloquialto catch, to catch up to
- 6
colloquialto catch, to pick up, to bust, to nab (someone doing something illegal)
- 7
colloquialto come down with, catch, to pick up (an illness)
- 8
colloquialto pick up on, to take (e.g. information, a hint)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tomar o coger para sí lo que es propiedad de otros. 2. Descubrir o sorprender a personas o animales cometiendo un acto ilícito, secreto o delictivo. 3. Asir, sujetar, agarrar o aprehender una cosa, animal o persona, especialmente después de perseguirlos. 4. Golpear, alcanzar o atropellar algo o a alguien de modo accidental, súbito o inesperado, o como parte de un movimiento para hacer otra cosa.
verb: 1. Estar algo ubicado en cierta posición respecto a otra cosa.
verb: 1. Miccionar.
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 pillar
- pillo first-person present singular
- pillé first-person preterite singular
- pillado participle past
- pillando gerund
- pillada feminine participle past
- pillados masculine participle past
- pilladas feminine participle past
- pillas indicative informal present
- pillás indicative informal present
- pilla indicative present singular
- pillamos first-person indicative plural
- pilláis indicative plural present
- pillan indicative plural present
- pillaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pillabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pillábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pillabais imperfect indicative plural
- pillaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pillar?
- /piˈʝaɾ/
- [piˈʝaɾ]
- [piˈʎaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pillar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pillar in Spanish?
pillar appears 2.8 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).