esguinzar
Spanish, verb/esɡinˈθaɾ/
esguinzar is spelled E-S-G-U-I-N-Z-A-R (9 letters). Esguinzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sprain, break, tear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lesionar por esguince”.
What does esguinzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sprain, break, tear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Variante obsoleta de desguinzar. 2. Lesionar por esguince.
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 esguinzar
- esguinzo first-person present singular
- esguincé first-person preterite singular
- esguinzado participle past
- c-z alternation
- esguinzando gerund
- esguinzada feminine participle past
- esguinzados masculine participle past
- esguinzadas feminine participle past
- esguinzas indicative informal present
- esguinzás indicative informal present
- esguinza indicative present singular
- esguinzamos first-person indicative plural
- esguinzáis indicative plural present
- esguinzan indicative plural present
- esguinzaba first-person imperfect indicative
- esguinzabas imperfect indicative second-person
- esguinzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- esguinzabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esguinzar?
- /esɡinˈθaɾ/
- [ez.ɣ̞ĩn̟ˈθaɾ]
- /esɡinˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esguinzar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.