encajar
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From en- + caja + -ar. Compare English encase.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]encajar (first-person singular present encajo, first-person singular preterite encajé, past participle encajado)
- to insert, put into
- to fit, to dovetail
- to push in
- to make sense, add up, be reasonable
- Synonym: cuadrar
- to give; to deliver (a hit, punch, kick etc.)
- 1871, José María de Pereda, Don Gonzalo González de la Gonzalera:
- la Guardia civil en Coteruco, y se le llevara atado, codo con codo, a encajarle un par de balas en la mollera
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive) to fit in
- (reflexive) to fit; squeeze (into)
- (reflexive) to pull on; slip on (clothes)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of encajar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of encajar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “encajar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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