enarbolar

[enaɾβ̞oˈlaɾ]

/[enaɾβ̞oˈlaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“enarbolar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,206 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,206
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Levantar en alto un estandarte, bandera u otra cosa semejante.

Corpus desk

Index ES-enarbolar · enarbolar · Spanish

enarbolar · rank #77,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,206
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH encuadran

Nearest frequency peer: encuadran (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “enarbolar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “enarbolar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enarbolar
PropertyValue
Headwordenarbolar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[enaɾβ̞oˈlaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,206
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “enarbolar” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).enarbolarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “encuadran” (#77,207), “endoso” (#77,208), “endurecen” (#77,209). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “enarbolar” va en #77,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enarbolar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,206 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [enaɾβ̞oˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Levantar en alto un estandarte, bandera u otra cosa semejante.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enarbolar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is enarbolar, spelled E-N-A-R-B-O-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Levantar en alto un estandarte, bandera u otra cosa semejante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how enarbolar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. se puso a caminar hacia mí enarbolando una gran lanza o arma con la intención de matarme.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enarbolar"?
"enarbolar" is spelled E-N-A-R-B-O-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [enaɾβ̞oˈlaɾ].
What does "enarbolar" mean?
As a verb, "enarbolar" means: Levantar en alto un estandarte, bandera u otra cosa semejante.
How do you pronounce "enarbolar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enarbolar" is [enaɾβ̞oˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enarbolar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list