engatusar
Spanish, verb/enɡatuˈsaɾ/
engatusar is spelled E-N-G-A-T-U-S-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 88,614th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engatusar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cajole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacerse con la voluntad de alguien a base de halagos o muestras de afecto para conseguir algún fin”.
What does engatusar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cajole
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacerse con la voluntad de alguien a base de halagos o muestras de afecto para conseguir algún fin. 2. Engañar (en un matrimonio). 3. Enamorar. 4. Comprometer a alguien con una situación adversa.
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 engatusar
- engatuso first-person present singular
- engatusé first-person preterite singular
- engatusado participle past
- engatusando gerund
- engatusada feminine participle past
- engatusados masculine participle past
- engatusadas feminine participle past
- engatusas indicative informal present
- engatusás indicative informal present
- engatusa indicative present singular
- engatusamos first-person indicative plural
- engatusáis indicative plural present
- engatusan indicative plural present
- engatusaba first-person imperfect indicative
- engatusabas imperfect indicative second-person
- engatusábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- engatusabais imperfect indicative plural
- engatusaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engatusar?
- /enɡatuˈsaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ɡa.t̪uˈsaɾ]
- [ẽŋgat̪uˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engatusar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engatusar in Spanish?
engatusar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).