encalar
Spanish, verb/enkaˈlaɾ/
encalar is spelled E-N-C-A-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encalar is a Spanish verb meaning “to whitewash (to paint with a lime and water mixture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does encalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whitewash (to paint with a lime and water mixture)
- 2
colloquialto throw a ball or other object to a high and hard-to-reach place (roof, balcony, tree) and have it get stuck there
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encalar
- encalo first-person present singular
- encalé first-person preterite singular
- encalado participle past
- encalando gerund
- encalada feminine participle past
- encalados masculine participle past
- encaladas feminine participle past
- encalas indicative informal present
- encalás indicative informal present
- encala indicative present singular
- encalamos first-person indicative plural
- encaláis indicative plural present
- encalan indicative plural present
- encalaba first-person imperfect indicative
- encalabas imperfect indicative second-person
- encalábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- encalabais imperfect indicative plural
- encalaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encalar?
- /enkaˈlaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.kaˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encalar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encalar in Spanish?
encalar appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).