enganchar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1858. From en- +‎ gancho (“hook”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eŋɡanˈt͡ʃaɾ]

Verb

enganchar (first-person singular present engancho, first-person singular preterite enganchei, past participle enganchado)

1. to hook (to attach or get attached to a hook)
2. to grab, catch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enganchar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	enganchar
Personal	enganchar	enganchares	enganchar	engancharmos	enganchardes	engancharen
Gerund
	enganchando
Past participle
Masculine	enganchado			enganchados
Feminine	enganchada			enganchadas
Indicative
Present	engancho	enganchas	engancha	enganchamos	enganchades	enganchan
Imperfect	enganchaba	enganchabas	enganchaba	enganchabamos	enganchabades	enganchaban
Preterite	enganchei	enganchaches	enganchou	enganchamos	enganchastes	engancharon
Pluperfect	enganchara	engancharas	enganchara	engancharamos	engancharades	engancharan
Future	engancharei	engancharás	enganchará	engancharemos	engancharedes	engancharán
Conditional	engancharía	engancharías	engancharía	enganchariamos	enganchariades	engancharían
Subjunctive
Present	enganche	enganches	enganche	enganchemos	enganchedes	enganchen
Imperfect	enganchase	enganchases	enganchase	enganchásemos	enganchásedes	enganchasen
Future	enganchar	enganchares	enganchar	engancharmos	enganchardes	engancharen
Imperative
Affirmative		engancha	enganche	enganchemos	enganchade	enganchen
Negative (non)		non enganches	non enganche	non enganchemos	non enganchedes	non enganchen

    Reintegrated conjugation of enganchar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	enganchar
Personal	enganchar	enganchares	enganchar	engancharmos	enganchardes	engancharem
Gerund
	enganchando
Past participle
Masculine	enganchado			enganchados
Feminine	enganchada			enganchadas
Indicative
Present	engancho	enganchas	engancha	enganchamos	enganchades, enganchais	engancham
Imperfect	enganchava	enganchavas	enganchava	enganchávamos	enganchávades, engancháveis, enganchávais1	enganchavam
Preterite	enganchei	enganchaste, enganchache1	enganchou	enganchamos	enganchastes	enganchárom, engancharam
Pluperfect	enganchara	engancharas	enganchara	engancháramos	enganchárades, engancháreis, enganchárais1	engancharam
Future	engancharei	engancharás	enganchará	engancharemos	engancharedes, enganchareis	engancharám, engancharão
Conditional	engancharia	engancharias	engancharia	engancharíamos	engancharíades, engancharíeis, engancharíais1	enganchariam
Subjunctive
Present	enganche	enganches	enganche	enganchemos	enganchedes, engancheis	enganchem
Imperfect	enganchasse	enganchasses	enganchasse	enganchássemos	enganchássedes, enganchásseis	enganchassem
Future	enganchar	enganchares	enganchar	engancharmos	enganchardes	engancharem
Imperative
Affirmative		engancha	enganche	enganchemos	enganchade, enganchai	enganchem
Negative (nom)		nom enganches	nom enganche	nom enganchemos	nom enganchedes, nom engancheis	nom enganchem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• aganchar (“to climb”)
• gancho (“hook”)
• ganzo (“twig”)

References

• “enganchar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “enganchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “enganchar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “enganchar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “enganchar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ gancho +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ɡɐ̃ˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ɡɐ̃ˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ɡɐ̃ˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ɡɐ̃ˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: en‧gan‧char

Verb

enganchar (first-person singular present engancho, first-person singular preterite enganchei, past participle enganchado)

1. to hook (to attach or get attached to a hook)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enganchar (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	enganchar
Personal	enganchar	enganchares	enganchar	engancharmos	enganchardes	engancharem
Gerund
	enganchando
Past participle
Masculine	enganchado			enganchados
Feminine	enganchada			enganchadas
Indicative
Present	engancho	enganchas	engancha	enganchamos	enganchais	engancham
Imperfect	enganchava	enganchavas	enganchava	enganchávamos	engancháveis	enganchavam
Preterite	enganchei	enganchaste	enganchou	enganchamos1, enganchámos2	enganchastes	engancharam
Pluperfect	enganchara	engancharas	enganchara	engancháramos	engancháreis	engancharam
Future	engancharei	engancharás	enganchará	engancharemos	enganchareis	engancharão
Conditional	engancharia	engancharias	engancharia	engancharíamos	engancharíeis	enganchariam
Subjunctive
Present	enganche	enganches	enganche	enganchemos	engancheis	enganchem
Imperfect	enganchasse	enganchasses	enganchasse	enganchássemos	enganchásseis	enganchassem
Future	enganchar	enganchares	enganchar	engancharmos	enganchardes	engancharem
Imperative
Affirmative		engancha	enganche	enganchemos	enganchai	enganchem
Negative (não)		não enganches	não enganche	não enganchemos	não engancheis	não enganchem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ gancho +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enɡanˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gan‧char

Verb

enganchar (first-person singular present engancho, first-person singular preterite enganché, past participle enganchado)

1. to hook
2. to get (someone) in one's clutches
3. (reflexive, slang) to get high (take drugs)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enganchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enganchar
gerund			enganchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enganchado		enganchada
		plural		enganchados		enganchadas
		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	engancho	enganchastú enganchásvos	engancha	enganchamos	engancháis	enganchan
	imperfect	enganchaba	enganchabas	enganchaba	enganchábamos	enganchabais	enganchaban
	preterite	enganché	enganchaste	enganchó	enganchamos	enganchasteis	engancharon
	future	engancharé	engancharás	enganchará	engancharemos	engancharéis	engancharán
	conditional	engancharía	engancharías	engancharía	engancharíamos	engancharíais	engancharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enganche	enganchestú enganchésvos2	enganche	enganchemos	enganchéis	enganchen
	imperfect (ra)	enganchara	engancharas	enganchara	engancháramos	engancharais	engancharan
	imperfect (se)	enganchase	enganchases	enganchase	enganchásemos	enganchaseis	enganchasen
	future1	enganchare	enganchares	enganchare	engancháremos	enganchareis	engancharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enganchatú enganchávos	enganche	enganchemos	enganchad	enganchen
	negative		no enganches	no enganche	no enganchemos	no enganchéis	no enganchen

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

    Selected combined forms of enganchar

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 enganchar
	dative	engancharme	engancharte	engancharle, engancharse	engancharnos	engancharos	engancharles, engancharse
	accusative	engancharme	engancharte	engancharlo, engancharla, engancharse	engancharnos	engancharos	engancharlos, engancharlas, engancharse
with gerund enganchando
	dative	enganchándome	enganchándote	enganchándole, enganchándose	enganchándonos	enganchándoos	enganchándoles, enganchándose
	accusative	enganchándome	enganchándote	enganchándolo, enganchándola, enganchándose	enganchándonos	enganchándoos	enganchándolos, enganchándolas, enganchándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative engancha
	dative	engánchame	engánchate	engánchale	engánchanos	not used	engánchales
	accusative	engánchame	engánchate	engánchalo, engánchala	engánchanos	not used	engánchalos, engánchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enganchá
	dative	enganchame	enganchate	enganchale	enganchanos	not used	enganchales
	accusative	enganchame	enganchate	enganchalo, enganchala	enganchanos	not used	enganchalos, enganchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enganche
	dative	engáncheme	not used	engánchele, engánchese	engánchenos	not used	engáncheles
	accusative	engáncheme	not used	engánchelo, engánchela, engánchese	engánchenos	not used	engánchelos, engánchelas
with first-person plural imperative enganchemos
	dative	not used	enganchémoste	enganchémosle	enganchémonos	enganchémoos	enganchémosles
	accusative	not used	enganchémoste	enganchémoslo, enganchémosla	enganchémonos	enganchémoos	enganchémoslos, enganchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enganchad
	dative	enganchadme	not used	enganchadle	enganchadnos	enganchaos	enganchadles
	accusative	enganchadme	not used	enganchadlo, enganchadla	enganchadnos	enganchaos	enganchadlos, enganchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enganchen
	dative	engánchenme	not used	engánchenle	engánchennos	not used	engánchenles, engánchense
	accusative	engánchenme	not used	engánchenlo, engánchenla	engánchennos	not used	engánchenlos, engánchenlas, engánchense

Derived terms

• enganchador
• enganchamiento
• enganche
• enganchón

 

Further reading

• “enganchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014