engendrar
Spanish, verb/enxenˈdɾaɾ/
engendrar is spelled E-N-G-E-N-D-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engendrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to engender, spawn, beget” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Procrear, propagar la misma especie, por el mecanismo de la reproducción”.
What does engendrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to engender, spawn, beget
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Procrear, propagar la misma especie, por el mecanismo de la reproducción. 2. Causar, ocasionar, formar.
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 engendrar
- engendro first-person present singular
- engendré first-person preterite singular
- engendrado participle past
- engendrando gerund
- engendrada feminine participle past
- engendrados masculine participle past
- engendradas feminine participle past
- engendras indicative informal present
- engendrás indicative informal present
- engendra indicative present singular
- engendramos first-person indicative plural
- engendráis indicative plural present
- engendran indicative plural present
- engendraba first-person imperfect indicative
- engendrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- engendrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- engendrabais imperfect indicative plural
- engendraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engendrar?
- /enxenˈdɾaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.xẽn̪ˈd̪ɾaɾ]
- [ẽŋxẽn̪ˈd̪ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engendrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engendrar in Spanish?
engendrar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).