engalanar
Spanish, verb/enɡalaˈnaɾ/
engalanar is spelled E-N-G-A-L-A-N-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engalanar is a Spanish verb meaning “to adorn, to decorate, to festoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adornar algo con algún motivo especial; poner galana a una persona”.
What does engalanar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adorn, to decorate, to festoon
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Adornar algo con algún motivo especial; poner galana a una persona.
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 engalanar
- engalano first-person present singular
- engalané first-person preterite singular
- engalanado participle past
- engalanando gerund
- engalanada feminine participle past
- engalanados masculine participle past
- engalanadas feminine participle past
- engalanas indicative informal present
- engalanás indicative informal present
- engalana indicative present singular
- engalanamos first-person indicative plural
- engalanáis indicative plural present
- engalanan indicative plural present
- engalanaba first-person imperfect indicative
- engalanabas imperfect indicative second-person
- engalanábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- engalanabais imperfect indicative plural
- engalanaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engalanar?
- /enɡalaˈnaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ɡa.laˈnaɾ]
- [ẽŋgalaˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engalanar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engalanar in Spanish?
engalanar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).