ensañar
Spanish, verb/ensaˈɲaɾ/
ensañar is spelled E-N-S-A-Ñ-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 204,261st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensañar is a Spanish verb meaning “to irritate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Irritar, enfurecer”.
What does ensañar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to irritate
- 2
to enjoy causing pain or discomfort
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Irritar, enfurecer.
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 ensañar
- ensaño first-person present singular
- ensañé first-person preterite singular
- ensañado participle past
- ensañando gerund
- ensañada feminine participle past
- ensañados masculine participle past
- ensañadas feminine participle past
- ensañas indicative informal present
- ensañás indicative informal present
- ensaña indicative present singular
- ensañamos first-person indicative plural
- ensañáis indicative plural present
- ensañan indicative plural present
- ensañaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ensañabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ensañábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ensañabais imperfect indicative plural
- ensañaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensañar?
- /ensaˈɲaɾ/
- [ẽn.saˈɲaɾ]
- [ẽnsaˈɲaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ensañar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ensañar in Spanish?
ensañar appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).