enfrenar
Spanish, verb/enfɾeˈnaɾ/
enfrenar is spelled E-N-F-R-E-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish, the 308,039th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfrenar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bridle (a horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner el freno al caballo”.
What does enfrenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bridle (a horse)
- 2
to curb; rein in
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner el freno al caballo. 2. Enseñarle a que obedezca. 3. Contenerle y sujetarle. 4. Con el adverbio "bien", hacerle llevar la cabeza derecha y bien puesta.
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 enfrenar
- enfreno first-person present singular
- enfrené first-person preterite singular
- enfrenado participle past
- enfrenando gerund
- enfrenada feminine participle past
- enfrenados masculine participle past
- enfrenadas feminine participle past
- enfrenas indicative informal present
- enfrenás indicative informal present
- enfrena indicative present singular
- enfrenamos first-person indicative plural
- enfrenáis indicative plural present
- enfrenan indicative plural present
- enfrenaba first-person imperfect indicative
- enfrenabas imperfect indicative second-person
- enfrenábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- enfrenabais imperfect indicative plural
- enfrenaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfrenar?
- /enfɾeˈnaɾ/
- [ẽɱ.fɾeˈnaɾ]
- [ẽɱfɾeˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enfrenar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfrenar in Spanish?
enfrenar appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).