encastellado

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin incastellātus, from Latin castellum (“small fort, castle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enkasteˈʎado/

Adjective

encastellado (feminine singular encastellada, masculine plural encastellados, feminine plural encastelladas)

1. fortified, embattled
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42v:

     […] ſobre tod eſto dare amoab en ur̃a mano e crebantaredes todas cibdades en caſtelladas entodos los arbores fermoſos todas las fontanas del agua cerraredes. entodas las buenas ſẽnas abatredes e fizieron aſſi.

     “‘ […] And besides all this I will deliver Moab into your hands. And you will break every fortified city and every beautiful tree and every fountain of water you will stop up and every field you will ruin.’” And so they did.

Related terms

• castiello

Descendants

• Spanish: encastillado