enrollar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ rollo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

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

Verb

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

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