entrar
Spanish, verb/enˈtɾaɾ/
entrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to enter; to come in; to get in; to go in; to get inside; to come on in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ir o pasar de fuera adentro”.
What does entrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enter; to come in; to get in; to go in; to get inside; to come on in
Debes sostener la puerta abierta por los demás al entrar.
- 2
to break in
- 3
to join; to enter; to start
- 4
to access; to log in
- 5
to fit
- 6
to step in
- 7
to input; to enter (data or information)
- 8
to enter in; to enter into; to get into; to come into; to walk into; to step into; to slip into (entrar + en)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ir o pasar de fuera adentro. 2. Pasar por una parte para introducirse en otra. 3. Encajar o poderse meter una cosa en otra, o dentro de otra. 4. Desaguar, desembocar los ríos en otros o en el mar.
verb: 1. Introducir o hacer entrar. 2. Invadir u ocupar a la fuerza de armas una cosa. 3. Apoderarse de una cosa. 4. Acometer, en sentido figurado, a una persona, o influir en su ánimo. También esta acepción se usa con alguno de los pronombres personales en dativo.
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 entrar
- entro first-person present singular
- entré first-person preterite singular
- entrado participle past
- entrando gerund
- entrada feminine participle past
- entrados masculine participle past
- entradas feminine participle past
- entras indicative informal present
- entrás indicative informal present
- entra indicative present singular
- entramos first-person indicative plural
- entráis indicative plural present
- entran indicative plural present
- entraba first-person imperfect indicative
- entrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- entrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- entrabais imperfect indicative plural
- entraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrar?
- /enˈtɾaɾ/
- [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entrar in Spanish?
entrar appears 117 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).