enguatar

Spanish

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Spanish guata

Spanish -ar

Spanish enguatar

From en- + guata + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enɡwaˈtaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡwaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gua‧tar

Verb

enguatar (first-person singular present enguato, first-person singular preterite enguaté, past participle enguatado)

1. to line with cotton
2. (colloquial, Chile) to stuff the stomach with food and/or beverages in an excessive, gluttonous manner

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enguatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	enguatar
gerund	enguatando
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	enguatado	enguatada
plural	enguatados	enguatadas
	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	enguato	enguatastú enguatásvos	enguata	enguatamos	enguatáis	enguatan
imperfect	enguataba	enguatabas	enguataba	enguatábamos	enguatabais	enguataban
preterite	enguaté	enguataste	enguató	enguatamos	enguatasteis	enguataron
future	enguataré	enguatarás	enguatará	enguataremos	enguataréis	enguatarán
conditional	enguataría	enguatarías	enguataría	enguataríamos	enguataríais	enguatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	enguate	enguatestú enguatésvos2	enguate	enguatemos	enguatéis	enguaten
imperfect (ra)	enguatara	enguataras	enguatara	enguatáramos	enguatarais	enguataran
imperfect (se)	enguatase	enguatases	enguatase	enguatásemos	enguataseis	enguatasen
future1	enguatare	enguatares	enguatare	enguatáremos	enguatareis	enguataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		enguatatú enguatávos	enguate	enguatemos	enguatad	enguaten
negative		no enguates	no enguate	no enguatemos	no enguatéis	no enguaten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “enguatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025