enrocar
Spanish, verb/enroˈkaɾ/
enrocar is spelled E-N-R-O-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish, the 222,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enrocar is a Spanish verb meaning “to castle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover el rey dos casillas hacia cualquiera de los costados, respecto de su posición inicial de la partida, y…”.
What does enrocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to castle
verb
- 1
to spin (e.g. yarn) on a distaff
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover el rey dos casillas hacia cualquiera de los costados, respecto de su posición inicial de la partida, y cruzar la torre a la casilla inmediatamente posterior respecto de donde quedó el rey. 2. Por extensión, intercambiar sus puestos dos personas.
verb: 1. Revolver en la rueca el copo que ha de hilarse.
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 enrocar
- enroco first-person present singular
- enroqué first-person preterite singular
- enrocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- enrocando gerund
- enrocada feminine participle past
- enrocados masculine participle past
- enrocadas feminine participle past
- enrocas indicative informal present
- enrocás indicative informal present
- enroca indicative present singular
- enrocamos first-person indicative plural
- enrocáis indicative plural present
- enrocan indicative plural present
- enrocaba first-person imperfect indicative
- enrocabas imperfect indicative second-person
- enrocábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- enrocabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enrocar?
- /enroˈkaɾ/
- [ẽn.roˈkaɾ]
- [ẽnroˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enrocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enrocar in Spanish?
enrocar appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).