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entornar

Spanish, verb/entoɾˈnaɾ/

entornar is spelled E-N-T-O-R-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entornar is a Spanish verb meaning “to leave ajar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Volver la puerta o la ventana hacia donde se cierra”.

What does entornar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to leave ajar

  2. 2

    to slightly open

  3. 3

    to slightly close

  4. 4

    to tilt, flip, turn upside down

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Volver la puerta o la ventana hacia donde se cierra. 2. Dícese también de los ojos: no cerrarlos por completo. 3. Inclinar, ladear, trastornar. 4. Dobladillar.

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 entornar

  • entorno first-person present singular
  • entorné first-person preterite singular
  • entornado participle past
  • entornando gerund
  • entornada feminine participle past
  • entornados masculine participle past
  • entornadas feminine participle past
  • entornas indicative informal present
  • entornás indicative informal present
  • entorna indicative present singular
  • entornamos first-person indicative plural
  • entornáis indicative plural present
  • entornan indicative plural present
  • entornaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • entornabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • entornábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • entornabais imperfect indicative plural
  • entornaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce entornar?

  • /entoɾˈnaɾ/
  • [ẽn̪.t̪oɾˈnaɾ]
  • [ẽn̪t̪oɾˈnaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is entornar in Spanish?

entornar appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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