Polyglot Dictionary

afilar

/afiˈlaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
afilo
preterite (yo)
afilé
past participle
afilado

Meaning

  1. to sharpen

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

agudizar

afilar means to sharpen literally, like a knife or pencil; agudizar means to sharpen figuratively, like sharpening one's senses or intensifying a crisis.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

afiar

afiar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to sharpen."

Portuguese

aguçar

aguçar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to sharpen."

Portuguese

amolar

amolar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to sharpen."

Practice

1 What does afilar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches afilar?

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