apolillar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ polilla (“moth”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

apolillar (first-person singular present apolillo, first-person singular preterite apolillé, past participle apolillado)

1. (transitive) to eat away (said of moths)
2. (reflexive) to become moth-eaten
3. (reflexive) to get old

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apolillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			apolillar
gerund			apolillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apolillado		apolillada
		plural		apolillados		apolilladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apolillo	apolillastú apolillásvos	apolilla	apolillamos	apolilláis	apolillan
	imperfect	apolillaba	apolillabas	apolillaba	apolillábamos	apolillabais	apolillaban
	preterite	apolillé	apolillaste	apolilló	apolillamos	apolillasteis	apolillaron
	future	apolillaré	apolillarás	apolillará	apolillaremos	apolillaréis	apolillarán
	conditional	apolillaría	apolillarías	apolillaría	apolillaríamos	apolillaríais	apolillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apolille	apolillestú apolillésvos2	apolille	apolillemos	apolilléis	apolillen
	imperfect (ra)	apolillara	apolillaras	apolillara	apolilláramos	apolillarais	apolillaran
	imperfect (se)	apolillase	apolillases	apolillase	apolillásemos	apolillaseis	apolillasen
	future1	apolillare	apolillares	apolillare	apolilláremos	apolillareis	apolillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apolillatú apolillávos	apolille	apolillemos	apolillad	apolillen
	negative		no apolilles	no apolille	no apolillemos	no apolilléis	no apolillen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• apolillado

 

Further reading

• “apolillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28