enrejar
Spanish, verb/enreˈxaɾ/
enrejar is spelled E-N-R-E-J-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish, the 308,039th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enrejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lattice; to grate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner, fijar la reja en el arado”.
What does enrejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lattice; to grate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner, fijar la reja en el arado. 2. Herir con la reja del arado los pies de los bueyes, caballerías, etc.
verb: 1. Cercar con rejas, cañas o varas los huertos, jardines, etc. 2. Instalar barras metálicas o de otro material en ventanas, balcones u otras aberturas de una construcción. 3. Apilar objetos planos como ladrillos o maderas alternando su disposición para crear huecos entre ellos. 4. Prender, poner en la cárcel a uno.
verb: 1. Colocar maneas a un animal para limitar su movimiento. 2. Amarrar el becerro a una pata de la vaca madre durante el ordeño.
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 enrejar
- enrejo first-person present singular
- enrejé first-person preterite singular
- enrejado participle past
- enrejando gerund
- enrejada feminine participle past
- enrejados masculine participle past
- enrejadas feminine participle past
- enrejas indicative informal present
- enrejás indicative informal present
- enreja indicative present singular
- enrejamos first-person indicative plural
- enrejáis indicative plural present
- enrejan indicative plural present
- enrejaba first-person imperfect indicative
- enrejabas imperfect indicative second-person
- enrejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- enrejabais imperfect indicative plural
- enrejaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enrejar?
- /enreˈxaɾ/
- [ẽn.reˈxaɾ]
- [ẽnreˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enrejar in Spanish?
enrejar appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).