encaminar
Spanish, verb/enkamiˈnaɾ/
encaminar is spelled E-N-C-A-M-I-N-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 49,460th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encaminar is a Spanish verb meaning “to direct, to guide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does encaminar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to direct, to guide
- 2
to put on the right track
- 3
to be on the right track
- 4
to head towards
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encaminar
- encamino first-person present singular
- encaminé first-person preterite singular
- encaminado participle past
- encaminando gerund
- encaminada feminine participle past
- encaminados masculine participle past
- encaminadas feminine participle past
- encaminas indicative informal present
- encaminás indicative informal present
- encamina indicative present singular
- encaminamos first-person indicative plural
- encamináis indicative plural present
- encaminan indicative plural present
- encaminaba first-person imperfect indicative
- encaminabas imperfect indicative second-person
- encaminábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- encaminabais imperfect indicative plural
- encaminaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encaminar?
- /enkamiˈnaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ka.miˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encaminar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encaminar in Spanish?
encaminar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).