engrenar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡɾeˈna(ʁ)/
engrenar is spelled E-N-G-R-E-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engrenar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to gear (to fit with gears)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “engranzar”.
What does engrenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gear (to fit with gears)
- 2
to couple; to connect
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. engranzar 2. entrosar 3. endentar 4. relacionar e tornar reciprocamente dependentes os atos ou circunstâncias de (pessoas ou coisas distintas)
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 engrenar
- engreno first-person present singular
- engrenei first-person preterite singular
- engrenado participle past
- engrenares infinitive second-person singular
- engrenarmos first-person infinitive plural
- engrenardes infinitive plural second-person
- engrenarem infinitive plural third-person
- engrenando gerund
- engrenados masculine participle past
- engrenada feminine participle past
- engrenadas feminine participle past
- engrenas indicative present second-person
- engrena indicative present singular
- engrenamos first-person indicative plural
- engrenais indicative plural present
- engrenam indicative plural present
- engrenava first-person imperfect indicative
- engrenavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engrenar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡɾeˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡɾeˈna(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡɾeˈna(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 engrenar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engrenar in Portuguese?
engrenar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).