engalana

[ẽŋgaˈlana]

/[ẽŋgaˈlana]/ verb

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The verdict

“engalana” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,998 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,998
frequency rank, Spanish
101,141
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de engalanar o de engalanarse.

Key facts for engalana
PropertyValue
Headwordengalana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽŋgaˈlana]
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,998
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “engalana” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). engalana lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

engalana is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,998 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋgaˈlana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for engalana in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is engalana, spelled E-N-G-A-L-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de engalanar o de engalanarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de engalanar.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "engalana"?
"engalana" is spelled E-N-G-A-L-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋgaˈlana].
What does "engalana" mean?
As a verb, "engalana" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de engalanar o de engalanarse.
How do you pronounce "engalana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engalana" is [ẽŋgaˈlana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engalana" come from?
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Using “engalana”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-G-A-L-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ẽŋgaˈlana] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list