chalar
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃaˈlaɾ/
chalar is spelled C-H-A-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish, the 324,638th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chalar is a Spanish verb meaning “to drive crazy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer perder la razón, hacer perder el juicio”.
What does chalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drive crazy
- 2
to go crazy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer perder la razón, hacer perder el juicio. 2. Conquistar a una persona del sexo opuesto, hacerse amar.
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 chalar
- chalo first-person present singular
- chalé first-person preterite singular
- chalado participle past
- chalando gerund
- chalada feminine participle past
- chalados masculine participle past
- chaladas feminine participle past
- chalas indicative informal present
- chalás indicative informal present
- chala indicative present singular
- chalamos first-person indicative plural
- chaláis indicative plural present
- chalan indicative plural present
- chalaba first-person imperfect indicative
- chalabas imperfect indicative second-person
- chalábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- chalabais imperfect indicative plural
- chalaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chalar?
- /t͡ʃaˈlaɾ/
- [t͡ʃaˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chalar in Spanish?
chalar appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).