ajar
Spanish, noun/aˈxaɾ/
ajar is spelled A-J-A-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ajar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “garlic field, garlic patch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tierra sembrada de ajos”.
What does ajar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fade, wither
El sol ajó las flores.
- 2
to wear out
El sol y la humedad suelen ajar las alfombras.
- 3
to wrinkle
No es bueno guardar los pantalones así, o los vas a ajar.
- 4
to humiliate someone
noun
- 1
masculinegarlic field, garlic patch
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tierra sembrada de ajos.
verb: 1. Maltratar o deslucir alguna cosa manoseándola, o de otro modo. 2. Tratar mal de palabra a alguno para humillarle.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ajar
- ajo first-person present singular
- ajé first-person preterite singular
- ajado participle past
- ajando gerund
- ajada feminine participle past
- ajados masculine participle past
- ajadas feminine participle past
- ajas indicative informal present
- ajás indicative informal present
- aja indicative present singular
- ajamos first-person indicative plural
- ajáis indicative plural present
- ajan indicative plural present
- ajaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ajabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ajábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ajabais imperfect indicative plural
- ajaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ajar?
- /aˈxaɾ/
- [aˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ajar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ajar in Spanish?
ajar appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).