enclochar

From en- +‎ cloche (“clutch”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enkloˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kloˈt͡ʃaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧clo‧char

enclochar (first-person singular present enclocho, first-person singular preterite encloché, past participle enclochado)

1. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, US, Venezuela, transitive, automotive) to engage the clutch, to put into gear

   Synonym: embragar

2. (Mexico, automotive, pronominal) to seize up (of a clutch)

   Synonym: estropearse

3. (Costa Rica, pronominal, slang) to seize up (of one's brain), to have a brain fart
4. (Mexico, transitive) to hook up (a mechanism)

   Synonym: conectar

• “enclochar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “enclochar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010