- colloquialto lightly and repeatedly touch (something) with fingertips, like repeated pokes or small strokes or light pinching
- colloquialto manipulate something (small) with finger(tip)s, especially when the manipulation is (slightly) finicky or fiddly
“Han pillade bort kärnorna ur apelsinen” — He removed the pips from the orange with his fingers
- colloquial, figurativelyto fiddle or tinker (with something, which may or may not be finicky or fiddly)
“Jag pillar med ett nytt projekt” — I'm tinkering with a new project
Formerpillar(present) · pillade(preterite) · pillat(supine) · pilla(imperative) · pilla(active, infinitive) · pillas(infinitive, passive) · pillat(active, supine) · pillats(passive, supine) · pilla(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · pillen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · pillar(active, indicative, present) · pillade(active, indicative, past) · pillas(indicative, passive, present) · pillades(indicative, passive, past) · pilla(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · pillade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · pillas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · pillades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)