encasquillar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ casquillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /enkaskiˈʝaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kas.kiˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /enkaskiˈʎaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kas.kiˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /enkaskiˈʃaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kas.kiˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /enkaskiˈʒaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kas.kiˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧cas‧qui‧llar

Verb

encasquillar (first-person singular present encasquillo, first-person singular preterite encasquillé, past participle encasquillado)

  1. (Latin America) to shoe (fit a horseshoe on)
  2. to frame (incriminate)
  3. (reflexive, of a gun) to jam

Conjugation

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