enderezar
Spanish, verb/endeɾeˈθaɾ/
enderezar is a Spanish verb meaning “to straighten, to straighten out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner derecho lo que está torcido”.
What does enderezar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to straighten, to straighten out
- 2
to address (“to aim”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner derecho lo que está torcido. 2. Poner derecho o vertical lo que está inclinado o tendido. 3. Dirigir, guiar. 4. Gobernar bien; poner en buen estado una cosa.
verb: 1. Encaminarse en derechura a un paraje o a una persona.
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 enderezar
- enderezo first-person present singular
- enderecé first-person preterite singular
- enderezado participle past
- c-z alternation
- enderezando gerund
- enderezada feminine participle past
- enderezados masculine participle past
- enderezadas feminine participle past
- enderezas indicative informal present
- enderezás indicative informal present
- endereza indicative present singular
- enderezamos first-person indicative plural
- enderezáis indicative plural present
- enderezan indicative plural present
- enderezaba first-person imperfect indicative
- enderezabas imperfect indicative second-person
- enderezábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- enderezabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enderezar?
- /endeɾeˈθaɾ/
- [ẽn̪.d̪e.ɾeˈθaɾ]
- /endeɾeˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enderezar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enderezar in Spanish?
enderezar appears 1.0 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).