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One of the challenges of learning a language is words with several meanings, especially in everyday, informal Spanish. A perfect example is “pillar”, a verb you will hear constantly in Spain. Here are its main meanings.
The basic meaning of “pillar” is to catch or trap: a spider catching its prey in its web, the police catching a thief, or children catching each other in a game of tag.
“Pillar” is also used for health and accidents. You can “pillar” a cold, a car can “pillar” (hit) a person, and you can catch your fingers in a drawer.
In everyday speech, “pillar” often means to buy or get, like grabbing something in the sales.
It can also mean to fall in love, especially in complicated relationships: estar pillado means to be smitten.
Finally, “pillar” means to understand or grasp something.
What does pillar mean in Spanish? To catch, but also to buy, to catch an illness, to fall for someone and to understand.
What does “¿lo pillas?” mean? “Do you get it?”
What does “estar pillado” mean? To have fallen for someone.
Pillar isn’t the only verb with lots of lives. Discover the meanings of tocar, Zedernholz and the expressions with sacar.
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