encajonar
Spanish, verb/enkaxoˈnaɾ/
encajonar is spelled E-N-C-A-J-O-N-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish, the 265,703rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encajonar is a Spanish verb meaning “to crate or box up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Meter en un cajón”.
What does encajonar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crate or box up
- 2
to encase
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Meter en un cajón. 2. Reforzar un muro a trechos con machones, formando encajonados.
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 encajonar
- encajono first-person present singular
- encajoné first-person preterite singular
- encajonado participle past
- encajonando gerund
- encajonada feminine participle past
- encajonados masculine participle past
- encajonadas feminine participle past
- encajonas indicative informal present
- encajonás indicative informal present
- encajona indicative present singular
- encajonamos first-person indicative plural
- encajonáis indicative plural present
- encajonan indicative plural present
- encajonaba first-person imperfect indicative
- encajonabas imperfect indicative second-person
- encajonábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- encajonabais imperfect indicative plural
- encajonaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encajonar?
- /enkaxoˈnaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ka.xoˈnaɾ]
- [ẽŋkaxoˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encajonar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encajonar in Spanish?
encajonar appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).