encaje

See also: encajé

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈkaxe/ [ẽŋˈka.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: en‧ca‧je

Etymology 1

Deverbal from encajar (“to insert”).

Noun

encaje m (plural encajes)

1. fitting
2. lace (in a garment, material, etc.)

   Synonym: blonda

Derived terms

• encaje de bolillos
• encaje de mar
• ley del encaje

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: engkahe
• → Tagalog: engkahe
• → Tausug: ingkahi
• → Yakan: ingkahi

Etymology 2

Verb

encaje

1. inflection of encajar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “encaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10