pillo
Meaning
pillar
- to catch, get, to grab (e.g. grab a cab, get lunch, grab a drink, catch a movie)
- to pilfer, steal
- 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, colloquial) to score (e.g. drugs)
- (colloquial, reflexive) to jam (your finger)
- (colloquial, reflexive) to fall in love, to crush on someone
Concepts
naughty child
vilainous
lousy creature
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pi‧llo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpiʝo/
Etymology
From Latin pīlum.
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