pilar
Portuguese, noun/piˈlaʁ/
pilar is spelled P-I-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,870th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pillar (large post, often used as supporting architecture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coluna de sustentação de edifício ou estrutura; esteio, escora, suporte”.
What does pilar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepillar (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
- 2
masculinepillar (essential part of something)
verb
- 1
to grind using a pestle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coluna de sustentação de edifício ou estrutura; esteio, escora, suporte 2. que suporta ou sustenta material ou ideologicamente
verb: 1. esmagar com o pilão 2. secar ao fumo as castanhas descascadas para as conservar
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Alagoas 2. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pilar
- pilares plural
- pillar alternative
- pilo first-person present singular
- pilei first-person preterite singular
- pilado participle past
- pilarmos first-person infinitive plural
- pilardes infinitive plural second-person
- pilarem infinitive plural third-person
- pilando gerund
- pilados masculine participle past
- pilada feminine participle past
- piladas feminine participle past
- pilas indicative present second-person
- pila indicative present singular
- pilamos first-person indicative plural
- pilais indicative plural present
- pilam indicative plural present
- pilava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pilar?
- Brazil /piˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [piˈlah]
- /piˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
pilar appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).