amortajar
Spanish, verb/amoɾtaˈxaɾ/
amortajar is spelled A-M-O-R-T-A-J-A-R (9 letters). Amortajar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shroud (a corpse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner la mortaja al difunto”.
What does amortajar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shroud (a corpse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner la mortaja al difunto. 2. Por extensión, cubrir, envolver. 3. Calar la mortaja en la madera.
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 amortajar
- amortajo first-person present singular
- amortajé first-person preterite singular
- amortajado participle past
- amortajando gerund
- amortajada feminine participle past
- amortajados masculine participle past
- amortajadas feminine participle past
- amortajas indicative informal present
- amortajás indicative informal present
- amortaja indicative present singular
- amortajamos first-person indicative plural
- amortajáis indicative plural present
- amortajan indicative plural present
- amortajaba first-person imperfect indicative
- amortajabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amortajábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amortajabais imperfect indicative plural
- amortajaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amortajar?
- /amoɾtaˈxaɾ/
- [a.moɾ.t̪aˈxaɾ]
- [amoɾt̪aˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.