enrolar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ rolo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁoˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.hoˈla(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁoˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.hoˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁoˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.hoˈla(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁoˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.hoˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁoˈla(ɾ)/ [ẽ.hoˈla(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁoˈla(ɾ)/ [ĩ.hoˈla(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁoˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.χoˈla(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁoˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.χoˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁoˈla(ɻ)/ [ẽ.hoˈla(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁoˈla(ɻ)/ [ĩ.hoˈla(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: en‧ro‧lar

Verb

enrolar (first-person singular present enrolo, first-person singular preterite enrolei, past participle enrolado)

1. to curl or coil (up), to wrap around

   Enrolou o cachecol ao redor do pescoço.

   He wrapped the scarf around his neck.

2. (reflexive) to tangle (to become mixed together or intertwined)

   Synonyms: embaraçar, emaranhar

3. (figurative, informal) to fool, scam

   Ele está tentando te enrolar.

   He is trying to fool you.

4. (Brazil, figurative, intransitive) to procrastinate, to stall (to delay an activity)

   Pare de enrolar. Você tem trabalho a fazer!

   Stop procrastinating. You have work to do!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enrolar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	enrolar
Personal	enrolar	enrolares	enrolar	enrolarmos	enrolardes	enrolarem
Gerund
	enrolando
Past participle
Masculine	enrolado			enrolados
Feminine	enrolada			enroladas
Indicative
Present	enrolo	enrolas	enrola	enrolamos	enrolais	enrolam
Imperfect	enrolava	enrolavas	enrolava	enrolávamos	enroláveis	enrolavam
Preterite	enrolei	enrolaste	enrolou	enrolamos1, enrolámos2	enrolastes	enrolaram
Pluperfect	enrolara	enrolaras	enrolara	enroláramos	enroláreis	enrolaram
Future	enrolarei	enrolarás	enrolará	enrolaremos	enrolareis	enrolarão
Conditional	enrolaria	enrolarias	enrolaria	enrolaríamos	enrolaríeis	enrolariam
Subjunctive
Present	enrole	enroles	enrole	enrolemos	enroleis	enrolem
Imperfect	enrolasse	enrolasses	enrolasse	enrolássemos	enrolásseis	enrolassem
Future	enrolar	enrolares	enrolar	enrolarmos	enrolardes	enrolarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enrola	enrole	enrolemos	enrolai	enrolem
Negative (não)		não enroles	não enrole	não enrolemos	não enroleis	não enrolem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• enrolação
• enrolamento
• enrolão

Further reading

• “enrolar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “enrolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ rol +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enroˈlaɾ/ [ẽn.roˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ro‧lar

Verb

enrolar (first-person singular present enrolo, first-person singular preterite enrolé, past participle enrolado)

1. (transitive) to recruit

   Synonym: reclutar

2. (reflexive) to enlist

   Synonym: alistarse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enrolar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enrolar
gerund			enrolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enrolado		enrolada
		plural		enrolados		enroladas
		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	enrolo	enrolastú enrolásvos	enrola	enrolamos	enroláis	enrolan
	imperfect	enrolaba	enrolabas	enrolaba	enrolábamos	enrolabais	enrolaban
	preterite	enrolé	enrolaste	enroló	enrolamos	enrolasteis	enrolaron
	future	enrolaré	enrolarás	enrolará	enrolaremos	enrolaréis	enrolarán
	conditional	enrolaría	enrolarías	enrolaría	enrolaríamos	enrolaríais	enrolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enrole	enrolestú enrolésvos2	enrole	enrolemos	enroléis	enrolen
	imperfect (ra)	enrolara	enrolaras	enrolara	enroláramos	enrolarais	enrolaran
	imperfect (se)	enrolase	enrolases	enrolase	enrolásemos	enrolaseis	enrolasen
	future1	enrolare	enrolares	enrolare	enroláremos	enrolareis	enrolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enrolatú enrolávos	enrole	enrolemos	enrolad	enrolen
	negative		no enroles	no enrole	no enrolemos	no enroléis	no enrolen

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

    Selected combined forms of enrolar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive enrolar	dative	enrolarme	enrolarte	enrolarle, enrolarse	enrolarnos	enrolaros	enrolarles, enrolarse
	accusative	enrolarme	enrolarte	enrolarlo, enrolarla, enrolarse	enrolarnos	enrolaros	enrolarlos, enrolarlas, enrolarse
with gerund enrolando	dative	enrolándome	enrolándote	enrolándole, enrolándose	enrolándonos	enrolándoos	enrolándoles, enrolándose
	accusative	enrolándome	enrolándote	enrolándolo, enrolándola, enrolándose	enrolándonos	enrolándoos	enrolándolos, enrolándolas, enrolándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative enrola	dative	enrólame	enrólate	enrólale	enrólanos	not used	enrólales
	accusative	enrólame	enrólate	enrólalo, enrólala	enrólanos	not used	enrólalos, enrólalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative enrolá	dative	enrolame	enrolate	enrolale	enrolanos	not used	enrolales
	accusative	enrolame	enrolate	enrolalo, enrolala	enrolanos	not used	enrolalos, enrolalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enrole	dative	enróleme	not used	enrólele, enrólese	enrólenos	not used	enróleles
	accusative	enróleme	not used	enrólelo, enrólela, enrólese	enrólenos	not used	enrólelos, enrólelas
with first-person plural imperative enrolemos	dative	not used	enrolémoste	enrolémosle	enrolémonos	enrolémoos	enrolémosles
	accusative	not used	enrolémoste	enrolémoslo, enrolémosla	enrolémonos	enrolémoos	enrolémoslos, enrolémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enrolad	dative	enroladme	not used	enroladle	enroladnos	enrolaos	enroladles
	accusative	enroladme	not used	enroladlo, enroladla	enroladnos	enrolaos	enroladlos, enroladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enrolen	dative	enrólenme	not used	enrólenle	enrólennos	not used	enrólenles, enrólense
	accusative	enrólenme	not used	enrólenlo, enrólenla	enrólennos	not used	enrólenlos, enrólenlas, enrólense

Derived terms

• enrolamiento

Further reading

• “enrolar”, 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