anclar
Spanish, verb/anˈklaɾ/
anclar is spelled A-N-C-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 61,391st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anclar is a Spanish verb meaning “to drop anchor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echar las anclas”.
What does anclar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drop anchor
- 2
to anchor (to connect to a fixed point)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Echar las anclas.
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 anclar
- anclo first-person present singular
- anclé first-person preterite singular
- anclado participle past
- anclando gerund
- anclada feminine participle past
- anclados masculine participle past
- ancladas feminine participle past
- anclas indicative informal present
- anclás indicative informal present
- ancla indicative present singular
- anclamos first-person indicative plural
- ancláis indicative plural present
- anclan indicative plural present
- anclaba first-person imperfect indicative
- anclabas imperfect indicative second-person
- anclábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- anclabais imperfect indicative plural
- anclaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anclar?
- /anˈklaɾ/
- [ãŋˈklaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anclar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anclar in Spanish?
anclar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).