alechugar

Spanish, verb/alet͡ʃuˈɡaɾ/

alechugar is spelled A-L-E-C-H-U-G-A-R (9 letters). Alechugar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fold, to pleat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Doblar o disponer alguna cosa en figura de hoja de lechuga, como se usa en las guarniciones y adornos de los…”.

What does alechugar mean in English?

verb

1
to fold, to pleat

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Doblar o disponer alguna cosa en figura de hoja de lechuga, como se usa en las guarniciones y adornos de los vestidos, principalmente de las mujeres.

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 alechugar

alechugo first-person present singular
alechugué first-person preterite singular
alechugado participle past
g-gu alternation
alechugando gerund
alechugada feminine participle past
alechugados masculine participle past
alechugadas feminine participle past
alechugas indicative informal present
alechugás indicative informal present
alechuga indicative present singular
alechugamos first-person indicative plural
alechugáis indicative plural present
alechugan indicative plural present
alechugaba first-person imperfect indicative
alechugabas imperfect indicative second-person
alechugábamos first-person imperfect indicative
alechugabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alechugar?

/alet͡ʃuˈɡaɾ/
[a.le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞aɾ]
[alet͡ʃuˈɣ̞aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to alechugar

pleat

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.