FromLatinfilum(“a thread”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪlə(ɹ)/

filar (comparativemorefilar,superlativemostfilar)

1. Having a thread across thefield of view.

   afilar microscope

   afilar micrometer

   afilar eyepiece

• “filar”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

• flair,frail

Inherited fromLate Latinfīlāre. Derivable fromfil +‎-ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)[fiˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)[fiˈlaɾ]

• Audio(Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-a(ɾ)

filar (first-person singular presentfilo,first-person singular preteritefilí,past participlefilat)

1. (transitive) tospin (a thread)
2. (transitive) tosuss out

• fil

• “filar”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “filar”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2026
• “filar” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “filar” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

• IPA^(key): /²fiː.lɑ(r)/

filar m

1. indefiniteplural offile
2. (non-standard since1983)indefiniteplural offil(“computer file; driving lane”)

filar

1. presenttense offila

• flira,rifla

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FromLatinpilare, frompila(“column”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ilar
• Syllabification:fi‧lar

filar m inan

1. pillar,column
   • 1884 (first published 1870),Eliza Orzeszkowa,W klatce, Warszawa: S. Lewental,chapter 5:

     Gdy tak się namyślał, z zafilaru wyszła kobieta; czarna jéj suknia długa i ciężka, z szelestem sunęła się po posadzce.

     While he was thinking this, a woman came out from behind acolumn; her black dress, long and heavy, moved over the floor with a rustle.

   • 1937, Marcel Proust, translated byTadeusz Żeleński (Boy),Uwięziona (W poszukiwaniu straconego czasu), volume1, Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wydawnicze "Rój":

     Piorunujący zawrót głowy przygważdżał go do poduszek powozu, odźwierny silił się mu pomóc, ale on siedział, nie mogąc się podnieść ani wyprostować nóg. Próbował się uczepić kamiennegofilara który miał przed sobą, ale nie znajdował w nim dostatecznego oparcia aby wstać.

     Thunderous dizziness pinned him down to the carriage's cushion; the doorman strove to help him, but he sat, unable to get up or straighten his legs. He tried to hold on to a stonepillar that was in front of him, but he didn't find enough support in it to stand up.

2. (figurative)pillar(something or someone essential to something)
   • 2022 November 4,Andrzej Krajewski, “III RP przekroczyła swój Rubikon. Będzie mocarstwem albo bankrutem”, inDziennik.pl‎^[1], archived fromthe original on6 November 2022:

     Oczywiście łatwo to zachowanie wytłumaczyć względami bezpieczeństwa. Dziś dostęp do energii, komunikacja i siła militarna są jegofilarami.

     Of course, it's easy to explain this action from the point of view of security. Today, itspillars are access to energy, communication, and military strength.

3. (geomorphology)stack,sea stack

   Synonym:kolumna

• filar inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• filar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From earlierfilhar(“to seize”), of uncertain origin.

filar (first-person singular presentfilo,first-person singular preteritefilei,past participlefilado)

1. (transitive) tograb; toseize; tocatch; totake hold of

   Synonym:agarrar

2. (Brazil, informal) to getfor free
3. (Brazil, informal, dialectal) tocheat on an exam or test

• “filar”, inDicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “filar”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Fromfilo +‎-ar.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈlaɾ/[fiˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes:-aɾ
• Syllabification:fi‧lar

filar (first-person singular presentfilo,first-person singular preteritefilé,past participlefilado)

1. (colloquial) tocotton on, beonto

• “filar”, inDiccionario 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

filar

1. indefiniteplural offil

filar

1. presentindicative offila

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