verb🔗ShareAfilar(sometimes figurative) To make sharp."to sharpen a pencil or a knife or a musical note"Afilar un lápiz, un cuchillo o una nota musical.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAfilarTo become sharp."The dull pencil was sharpening in the electric sharpener. "El lápiz sin punta se estaba afilando en el sacapuntas eléctrico.actionprocessqualityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEl afilado, el afilamientoThe act by which something is sharpened."The sharpening of the pencil allowed me to write more clearly. "El afilado del lápiz me permitió escribir con más claridad.actionprocessworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVirutas(in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened."After sharpening all the pencils, the table was covered in sharpenings. "Después de afilar todos los lápices, la mesa estaba cubierta de virutas.stationeryitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
