ensoñar
Spanish, verb/ensoˈɲaɾ/
ensoñar is spelled E-N-S-O-Ñ-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish, the 311,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensoñar is a Spanish verb meaning “to daydream, dream, fantasise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener ensueños mientras se duerme”.
What does ensoñar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to daydream, dream, fantasise
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener ensueños mientras se duerme. 2. Tener una ilusión, fantasía o anhelo.
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 ensoñar
- ensueño first-person present singular
- ensoñé first-person preterite singular
- ensoñado participle past
- o-ue alternation
- ensoñando gerund
- ensoñada feminine participle past
- ensoñados masculine participle past
- ensoñadas feminine participle past
- ensueñas indicative informal present
- ensoñás indicative informal present
- ensueña indicative present singular
- ensoñamos first-person indicative plural
- ensoñáis indicative plural present
- ensueñan indicative plural present
- ensoñaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ensoñabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ensoñábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ensoñabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensoñar?
- /ensoˈɲaɾ/
- [ẽn.soˈɲaɾ]
- [ẽnsoˈɲaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ensoñar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ensoñar in Spanish?
ensoñar appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).