esposar
Spanish, verb/espoˈsaɾ/
esposar is spelled E-S-P-O-S-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 148,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esposar is a Spanish verb meaning “to handcuff, manacle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does esposar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to handcuff, manacle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of esposar
- esposo first-person present singular
- esposé first-person preterite singular
- esposado participle past
- esposando gerund
- esposada feminine participle past
- esposados masculine participle past
- esposadas feminine participle past
- esposas indicative informal present
- esposás indicative informal present
- esposa indicative present singular
- esposamos first-person indicative plural
- esposáis indicative plural present
- esposan indicative plural present
- esposaba first-person imperfect indicative
- esposabas imperfect indicative second-person
- esposábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- esposabais imperfect indicative plural
- esposaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esposar?
- /espoˈsaɾ/
- [es.poˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esposar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esposar in Spanish?
esposar appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).