encamar
Spanish, verb/enkaˈmaɾ/
encamar is spelled E-N-C-A-M-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish, the 227,226th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encamar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tender o echar una cosa en el suelo”.
What does encamar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lay
- 2
to confine to a bed
- 3
to lie down in bed
- 4
to lay, to have sex with somebody
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tender o echar una cosa en el suelo. 2. Cubrir camadas o rellenar huecos con ramaje.
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 encamar
- encamo first-person present singular
- encamé first-person preterite singular
- encamado participle past
- encamando gerund
- encamada feminine participle past
- encamados masculine participle past
- encamadas feminine participle past
- encamas indicative informal present
- encamás indicative informal present
- encama indicative present singular
- encamamos first-person indicative plural
- encamáis indicative plural present
- encaman indicative plural present
- encamaba first-person imperfect indicative
- encamabas imperfect indicative second-person
- encamábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- encamabais imperfect indicative plural
- encamaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encamar?
- /enkaˈmaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.kaˈmaɾ]
- [ẽŋkaˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encamar in Spanish?
encamar appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).