enguatar

Spanish

Etymology

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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “enguatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28