apolillar
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + polilla (“moth”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apoliˈʝaɾ/ [a.po.liˈʝaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /apoliˈʎaɾ/ [a.po.liˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /apoliˈʃaɾ/ [a.po.liˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /apoliˈʒaɾ/ [a.po.liˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧po‧li‧llar
Verb
apolillar (first-person singular present apolillo, first-person singular preterite apolillé, past participle apolillado)
- (transitive) to eat away (said of moths)
- (reflexive) to become moth-eaten
- (reflexive) to get old
Conjugation
Conjugation of apolillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “apolillar”, 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