pillar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to catch, get, to grab e.g. grab a cab, get lunch, grab a drink, catch a movie
- to pilfer, steal
- (game) to tag
- (colloquial) to get (a joke)
- (colloquial) to catch, to catch up to
- (colloquial) to catch, to pick up, to bust, to nab (someone doing something illegal)
- (colloquial) to come down with, catch, to pick up (an illness)
- (colloquial) to pick up on, to take e.g. information, a hint
- (Spain) to score e.g. drugs
- (colloquial) to jam (your finger)
- (colloquial) to fall in love, to crush on someone
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pigliare borrowed from French piller.
Origin
French
piller
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *piliāre Latin
- impigliare Italian
- pigliabile Italian
- pigliare Italian
- scompigliare Italian
- pillage French
- pillard French
- piller French
- pilleur French
- pilhar Portuguese
- piller Middle French