apolillado

Spanish

Etymology

From apolillar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /apoliˈʝado/ [a.po.liˈʝa.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /apoliˈʎado/ [a.po.liˈʎa.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /apoliˈʃado/ [a.po.liˈʃa.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /apoliˈʒado/ [a.po.liˈʒa.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -ado
Syllabification: a‧po‧li‧lla‧do

Adjective

apolillado (feminine apolillada, masculine plural apolillados, feminine plural apolilladas)

moth-eaten

Participle

apolillado (feminine apolillada, masculine plural apolillados, feminine plural apolilladas)

past participle of apolillar

Further reading

“apolillado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025