Polyglot Dictionary

enterrar

/enteˈraɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
entierro
preterite (yo)
enterré
past participle
enterrado

Meaning

  1. to bury

    • Enterraron al perro en el jardín.

      They buried the dog in the garden.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

soterrar

soterrar means to bury underground, literally, like burying cables, or figuratively suppressing an issue; enterrar is the general, everyday word "to bury," a body or an object.

sepultar

sepultar is more formal or literary, "to bury," often in a funeral context; enterrar is the everyday word.

inhumar

inhumar is the formal, legal term "to inter, bury" a body, used in death certificates; enterrar is the everyday word.

Similar in other languages

German

beisetzen

beisetzen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to bury, to inter."

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