enchilar
Spanish, verb/ent͡ʃiˈlaɾ/
enchilar is spelled E-N-C-H-I-L-A-R (8 letters). Enchilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to add chile (to something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Darle un sabor picante a un alimento con chile o pimiento”.
What does enchilar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to add chile (to something)
- 2
to sting
- 3
to become red in the face (due to chile consumption)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Darle un sabor picante a un alimento con chile o pimiento. 2. Picar, molestar, irritar.
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 enchilar
- enchilo first-person present singular
- enchilé first-person preterite singular
- enchilado participle past
- enchilando gerund
- enchilada feminine participle past
- enchilados masculine participle past
- enchiladas feminine participle past
- enchilas indicative informal present
- enchilás indicative informal present
- enchila indicative present singular
- enchilamos first-person indicative plural
- enchiláis indicative plural present
- enchilan indicative plural present
- enchilaba first-person imperfect indicative
- enchilabas imperfect indicative second-person
- enchilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- enchilabais imperfect indicative plural
- enchilaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enchilar?
- /ent͡ʃiˈlaɾ/
- [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃiˈlaɾ]
- [ẽnʲt͡ʃiˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enchilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.