ensanche
Spanish, noun
ensanche is spelled E-N-S-A-N-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensanche is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “enlargement, widening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ensanchar. With an accent, ensanché is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of ensanchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de ensanchar o ampliar”.
What does ensanche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineenlargement, widening
- 2
masculinea grid plan
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of ensanchar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de ensanchar o ampliar. 2. Porción de tela remetida o entremetida en la costura del vestido con vistas a poder ensancharlo más tarde en caso de necesidad. 3. Terreno urbano dedicado a las edificaciones en las afueras de una población, normalmente mediante urbanismo planificado 4. Ampliación de una ciudad.
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 ensanche
- ensanches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ensanche in Spanish?
ensanche appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).