enfrascar

From en- +‎ frasco +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enfɾasˈkaɾ/ [ẽɱ.fɾasˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧fras‧car

enfrascar (first-person singular present enfrasco, first-person singular preterite enfrasqué, past participle enfrascado)

1. (transitive) to bottle, (put in a bottle)
2. (reflexive) to be deeply engaged or absorbed in (work, etc.)
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

     En resolución, él se enfrascó tanto en su letura, que se le pasaban las noches leyendo de claro en claro, y los días de turbio en turbio; y así, del poco dormir y del mucho leer, se le secó el celebro de manera que vino a perder el juicio.

     In short, he became so absorbed in his books that he spent his nights from sunset to sunrise, and his days from dawn to dark, poring over them; and what with little sleep and much reading his brains got so dry that he lost his wits.

• “enfrascar”, 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