enterrar
Spanish, verb/enteˈraɾ/
enterrar is spelled E-N-T-E-R-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,558th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enterrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bury; to entomb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Colocar algo o alguien debajo de tierra”.
What does enterrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bury; to entomb
- 2
Mexicoto stick (press something with a sharp point into something else)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Colocar algo o alguien debajo de tierra. 2. Sepultar a un muerto o cadáver. 3. Hacer desaparecer una cosa debajo de otra. 4. Arrinconar, dejar algo al olvido.
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 enterrar
- entierro first-person present singular
- enterré first-person preterite singular
- enterrado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- enterrando gerund
- enterrada feminine participle past
- enterrados masculine participle past
- enterradas feminine participle past
- entierras indicative informal present
- enterrás indicative informal present
- entierra indicative present singular
- enterramos first-person indicative plural
- enterráis indicative plural present
- entierran indicative plural present
- enterraba first-person imperfect indicative
- enterrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- enterrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- enterrabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enterrar?
- /enteˈraɾ/
- [ẽn̪.t̪eˈraɾ]
- [ẽn̪t̪eˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enterrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enterrar in Spanish?
enterrar appears 3.5 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).