ensayar

to rehearse

verb en-sah-YAHR Rare

Also means

to try out

Usage Note

Ensayar means to rehearse a performance or to try/test something. The related noun ensayo covers both 'rehearsal' and 'essay' (the literary form). In the theatre, ensayar una obra means to rehearse a play; in a laboratory context, ensayar un método means to test a method. The essay genre entered Spanish directly from this root.

Examples

"El coro ensaya todos los martes."

Natural Translation

The choir rehearses every Tuesday.

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