enganchar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/
enganchar is spelled E-N-G-A-N-C-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enganchar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hook (to attach or get attached to a hook)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prender, suspender em gancho ou como em gancho”.
What does enganchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hook (to attach or get attached to a hook)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. prender, suspender em gancho ou como em gancho 2. apanhar, segurar com gancho 3. ter forma de gancho 4. enlaçar como dois ganchos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of enganchar
- engancho first-person present singular
- enganchei first-person preterite singular
- enganchado participle past
- enganchares infinitive second-person singular
- engancharmos first-person infinitive plural
- enganchardes infinitive plural second-person
- engancharem infinitive plural third-person
- enganchando gerund
- enganchados masculine participle past
- enganchada feminine participle past
- enganchadas feminine participle past
- enganchas indicative present second-person
- engancha indicative present singular
- enganchamos first-person indicative plural
- enganchais indicative plural present
- engancham indicative plural present
- enganchava first-person imperfect indicative
- enganchavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enganchar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡɐ̃ˈʃa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enganchar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enganchar in Portuguese?
enganchar appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).