tildar

to label, to brand

verb teel-DAHR Rare

Also means

to put a tilde on

Usage Note

Tildar most commonly appears in the construction tildar a alguien de + adjective/noun — lo tildaron de mentiroso ('they branded him a liar') — which conveys a pejorative labelling. Its secondary sense, placing the tilde (~) on a letter, is less frequent in modern usage. The pejorative construction is typical of journalistic and political language.

Examples

"Lo tildaron de radical sin razón."

Natural Translation

They labelled him a radical without reason.

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