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enterar

Spanish, verb/enteˈɾaɾ/

enterar is a Spanish verb meaning “to inform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar información a alguien”.

What does enterar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to inform

    Lo enteró tu amigo de lo que hicimos ayer.

  2. 2

    to find out, to learn, to come to know, to hear

    Me enteré de lo que hiciste ayer.

  3. 3

    obsoleteTo reach (an amount)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Dar información a alguien. 2. Hacer entrega de dinero o pagos. 3. Completar o restaurar la integridad de algo, especialmente referido a una cantidad.

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 enterar

  • entero first-person present singular
  • enteré first-person preterite singular
  • enterado participle past
  • enterando gerund
  • enterada feminine participle past
  • enterados masculine participle past
  • enteradas feminine participle past
  • enteras indicative informal present
  • enterás indicative informal present
  • entera indicative present singular
  • enteramos first-person indicative plural
  • enteráis indicative plural present
  • enteran indicative plural present
  • enteraba first-person imperfect indicative
  • enterabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • enterábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • enterabais imperfect indicative plural
  • enteraban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce enterar?

  • /enteˈɾaɾ/
  • [ẽn̪.t̪eˈɾaɾ]
  • [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾaɾ]

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

English words that translate to enterar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is enterar in Spanish?

enterar appears 3.9 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).