Spanish

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ rollo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /enroˈʝaɾ/ [ẽn.roˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /enroˈʎaɾ/ [ẽn.roˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enroˈʃaɾ/ [ẽn.roˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enroˈʒaɾ/ [ẽn.roˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧ro‧llar

Verb

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enrollar (first-person singular present enrollo, first-person singular preterite enrollé, past participle enrollado)

  1. (transitive) to coil up, wind
  2. to enroll
  3. (reflexive, colloquial) to run one's mouth off, run off at the mouth (talk excessively)
  4. (reflexive, colloquial) to get on well with people
  5. (reflexive, colloquial) to get it on, get jiggy (have sexual intercourse)
  6. (reflexive, colloquial) to make out, to kiss
  7. (reflexive, colloquial) to get somebody involved in something
  8. (reflexive, colloquial) to be a good sport

Conjugation

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