ensanchar
Spanish, verb/ensanˈt͡ʃaɾ/
ensanchar is spelled E-N-S-A-N-C-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensanchar is a Spanish verb meaning “to widen, expand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer más grande la anchura (la menor de las dimensiones de una figura plana) de algo; hacer más ancho”.
What does ensanchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to widen, expand
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer más grande la anchura (la menor de las dimensiones de una figura plana) de algo; hacer más ancho.
verb: 1. Afectar vanidad, pretensión, gravedad o sentido de superioridad.
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 ensanchar
- ensancho first-person present singular
- ensanché first-person preterite singular
- ensanchado participle past
- ensanchando gerund
- ensanchada feminine participle past
- ensanchados masculine participle past
- ensanchadas feminine participle past
- ensanchas indicative informal present
- ensanchás indicative informal present
- ensancha indicative present singular
- ensanchamos first-person indicative plural
- ensancháis indicative plural present
- ensanchan indicative plural present
- ensanchaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ensanchabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ensanchábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ensanchabais imperfect indicative plural
- ensanchaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensanchar?
- /ensanˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [ẽn.sãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- [ẽnsãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ensanchar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ensanchar in Spanish?
ensanchar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).