pillar

to catch, get, to grab (e.g. grab a cab…

1,001–2,000 #1,425

Meanings

verb

  1. to catch, get, to grab (e.g. grab a cab, get lunch, grab a drink, catch a movie)
  2. to pilfer, steal
  3. to tag
  4. colloquial to get (a joke)
  5. colloquial, transitive to understand
  6. colloquial to catch, to catch up to
  7. colloquial to catch, to pick up, to bust, to nab (someone doing something illegal)
  8. colloquial to come down with, catch, to pick up (an illness)
  9. colloquial to pick up on, to take (e.g. information, a hint)
  10. Spain, colloquial to score (e.g. drugs)
  11. colloquial, reflexive to jam (your finger)
  12. colloquial, reflexive to fall in love, to crush on someone

Conjugation

Gerund pillando · past participle pillado

Indicative

presentimperfectpreteritefutureconditional
yopillopillabapillépillarépillaría
túpillaspillabaspillastepillaráspillarías
vospilláspillabaspillastepillaráspillarías
él, ella, ustedpillapillabapillópillarápillaría
nosotrospillamospillábamospillamospillaremospillaríamos
vosotrospilláispillabaispillasteispillaréispillaríais
ellos, ellas, ustedespillanpillabanpillaronpillaránpillarían

Subjunctive

presentimperfect (-ra)imperfect (-se)future
yopillepillarapillasepillare
túpillespillaraspillasespillares
vospilléspillaraspillasespillares
él, ella, ustedpillepillarapillasepillare
nosotrospillemospilláramospillásemospilláremos
vosotrospilléispillaraispillaseispillareis
ellos, ellas, ustedespillenpillaranpillasenpillaren

Imperative

affirmativenegative
túpillano pilles
vospillá
ustedpilleno pille
nosotrospillemosno pillemos
vosotrospilladno pilléis
ustedespillenno pillen

In sentences

Me lo pillo. Dibs. #4554135

Ya te pillo. I get you. #6682416

¡Me pillaste! You got me! #1769194

¡Me has pillado! Touché! #4554201

Tom pilló a Mary. Tom caught Mary. #5750884

Ya lo he pillado. I do understand. #6683735

Lo hemos pillado. We got him. #13452390

Nunca me pillaron. I never got caught. #2246874