enganxar

From en- +‎ ganxo (“hook”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡəɲˈʃa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ɡaɲˈt͡ʃaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Homophone: enganxà

enganxar (first-person singular present enganxo, first-person singular preterite enganxí, past participle enganxat)

1. to stick (together), to paste
2. to attach, to hitch (up), to hook up
3. (pronominal) to stick, to adhere [with a or en ‘to’]
4. (computing) to paste (insert an item previously saved to memory)

   Coordinate terms: copiar, retallar

5. (military) to recruit
6. (figurative) to catch, ensnare, inveigle, rope in
7. (figurative, pronominal) get hooked (on drugs, etc.)

• “enganxar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007