Trillado

Trillado is a term used in Spanish as the past participle of the verb trillar, and it functions as an adjective in several contexts. Its core agricultural meaning comes from the threshing of grain: to trill grain is to separate the edible seeds from the chaff or husks. In this sense, a harvest or a batch of grain can be described as trillado, and the process itself is referred to as la trilla. The word appears in historical and technical descriptions of farming practices and storage.

In agricultural usage, trillado typically denotes grain that has already undergone threshing. The noun form la trilla refers to the act or the place where threshing takes place, such as a trilla or threshing floor, and trillado describes the resulting material or state.

Beyond its literal sense, trillado is widely used figuratively to signal cliché or overuse. Something described as trillado is considered trite, habitual, or unoriginal. Common collocations include camino trillado (a well-worn path), argumento trillado (a hackneyed argument), and recurso trillado (a overused resource). The term can carry a mildly negative tone, contrasting with frescura or originalidad.

Gender and agreement follow standard Spanish patterns: trillado (masculine singular) and trillada (feminine singular), with corresponding plural forms trillados and trilladas. Examples illustrate both senses in everyday or literary language.