esmaltar
Spanish, verb/esmalˈtaɾ/
esmaltar is spelled E-S-M-A-L-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish, the 193,839th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esmaltar is a Spanish verb meaning “to enamel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Labrar con esmalte de diversos colores sobre oro, plata, etc”.
What does esmaltar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enamel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Labrar con esmalte de diversos colores sobre oro, plata, etc. 2. Adornar de varios colores y matices una cosa; mezclar flores o matices en ella. 3. Hermosear.
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 esmaltar
- esmalto first-person present singular
- esmalté first-person preterite singular
- esmaltado participle past
- esmaltando gerund
- esmaltada feminine participle past
- esmaltados masculine participle past
- esmaltadas feminine participle past
- esmaltas indicative informal present
- esmaltás indicative informal present
- esmalta indicative present singular
- esmaltamos first-person indicative plural
- esmaltáis indicative plural present
- esmaltan indicative plural present
- esmaltaba first-person imperfect indicative
- esmaltabas imperfect indicative second-person
- esmaltábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- esmaltabais imperfect indicative plural
- esmaltaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esmaltar?
- /esmalˈtaɾ/
- [ez.mal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [esmal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esmaltar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esmaltar in Spanish?
esmaltar appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).