enchufar
Spanish, verb/ent͡ʃuˈfaɾ/
enchufar is spelled E-N-C-H-U-F-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,751st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enchufar is a Spanish verb meaning “to plug in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ajustar la boca de un caño en la de otro”.
What does enchufar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to plug in
- 2
Spaincolloquialto pull strings (to use connections instead of merit to obtain something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ajustar la boca de un caño en la de otro. 2. Acoplar las partes salientes de una pieza en otra. 3. Introducir la clavija de un enchufe dentro de un tomacorriente. 4. Combinar, enlazar un negocio con otro.
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 enchufar
- enchufo first-person present singular
- enchufé first-person preterite singular
- enchufado participle past
- enchufando gerund
- enchufada feminine participle past
- enchufados masculine participle past
- enchufadas feminine participle past
- enchufas indicative informal present
- enchufás indicative informal present
- enchufa indicative present singular
- enchufamos first-person indicative plural
- enchufáis indicative plural present
- enchufan indicative plural present
- enchufaba first-person imperfect indicative
- enchufabas imperfect indicative second-person
- enchufábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- enchufabais imperfect indicative plural
- enchufaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enchufar?
- /ent͡ʃuˈfaɾ/
- [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃuˈfaɾ]
- [ẽnʲt͡ʃuˈfaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enchufar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enchufar in Spanish?
enchufar 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).