enchufado
Spanish, noun/ent͡ʃuˈfado/
enchufado is spelled E-N-C-H-U-F-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enchufado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a person who had obtained his job by influence or recommendation, not for his own merits because has connections or friends in high places” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of enchufar.
What does enchufado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea person who had obtained his job by influence or recommendation, not for his own merits because has connections or friends in high places
verb
- 1
past participle of enchufar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que ha obtenido un empleo o beneficio por enchufe (recomendación o influencia) y no por méritos propios. 2. Que le sale₂ todo lo que intenta, especialmente referido a deportes.
verb: 1. Participio de enchufar.
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 enchufado
- enchufados plural
- enchufada feminine
- enchufadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enchufado?
- /ent͡ʃuˈfado/
- [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃuˈfa.ð̞o]
- [ẽnʲt͡ʃuˈfað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enchufado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enchufado in Spanish?
enchufado appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).