entroncar

From en- +‎ tronco +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /entɾonˈkaɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪ɾõŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧tron‧car

entroncar (first-person singular present entronco, first-person singular preterite entronqué, past participle entroncado)

1. to join, make a junction
2. to link, have a link
3. (reflexive) to be related to, to have roots in
   • 2015 July 27, “Bailar a la luz de Sorolla”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El primero, interpretado por el elenco masculino, es de gran elegancia, mientras que en el segundo toda la compañía se entrega en un dinámico baile en que la danza española se entronca con el flamenco.

     The first, performed by the male contingency, is highly elegant, while the second involves all the group in a dynamic dance in which the Spanish dance overlaps with flamenco.

• “entroncar”, 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