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enganchar

Spanish, verb/enɡanˈt͡ʃaɾ/

enganchar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Unir dos cosas, o dos partes de una misma cosa, mediante un gancho o enganche similar”.

What does enganchar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to hook

  2. 2

    to get (someone) in one's clutches

  3. 3

    slangto get high (take drugs)

  4. 4

    to trick or deceive (someone)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Unir dos cosas, o dos partes de una misma cosa, mediante un gancho o enganche similar. 2. Poner las caballerías en los carruajes de manera que puedan tirar de ellos. 3. Sujetar o prender algo a otra cosa, generalmente de forma inesperada. 4. Atrapar.

verb: 1. Teniendo la pelota, regatear hacia una dirección en donde sea cómodo pegarle al arco.

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 enganchar

  • engancho first-person present singular
  • enganché first-person preterite singular
  • enganchado participle past
  • enganchando gerund
  • enganchada feminine participle past
  • enganchados masculine participle past
  • enganchadas feminine participle past
  • enganchas indicative informal present
  • enganchás indicative informal present
  • engancha indicative present singular
  • enganchamos first-person indicative plural
  • engancháis indicative plural present
  • enganchan indicative plural present
  • enganchaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • enganchabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • enganchábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • enganchabais imperfect indicative plural
  • enganchaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce enganchar?

  • /enɡanˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • [ẽŋ.ɡãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
  • [ẽŋgãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to enganchar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is enganchar in Spanish?

enganchar appears 1.3 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).