enclave
Spanish, noun
enclave is spelled E-N-C-L-A-V-E (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,593rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enclave is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “enclave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of enclavar. With an accent, enclavé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of enclavar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Territorio incluido en otro de mayor extensión con características diferentes: políticas, administrativas…”.
What does enclave mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineenclave
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of enclavar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Territorio incluido en otro de mayor extensión con características diferentes: políticas, administrativas, geográficas, etc. 2. Grupo humano inserto en otro de características distintas.
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 enclave
- enclaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to enclave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enclave in Spanish?
enclave appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).