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enjambment.
encabalgar v.i. 1. TEC. to rest, to lean. 2. to
mount a horse (subirse a un caballo). v.t. 3. to
overlap. 4. to provide with horses.
encabestrar v.t. 1. to put a halter on, to halter
(caballo). 2. to seduce. v.3. 3 .to get tangled in
the halter. 4. (Am.) to insist, to be determined.
encabezamiento s. 1. heading, headline
(periódico). 2. heading. 3. preamble
(preámbulo). 4. registration in the census. 5.
census.
encabezar v.t. 1. to head, to lead. 2. to head, to
be at the top of, to come first on or in. 3. to put
a heading on. 4. to head, to entitle (artículo).
5. to register. 6. to fortify. 7. TEC. to join.
encabezonarse v.r. to be stubborn.
encabritarse v.r. 1. to rear (caballo). 2. to nose
up (avión).
encadenado, da adj. 1. chained. s.c. 2. TEC.
buttress, pier. 3. dissolve (cine). 4. chain.
encadenamiento s. 1. chaining. 2. (fig.)
connection, linking, concatenation.
encadenar v.t. 1. to chain, to shackle, to fetter
(prisionero). 2. to chain up. 3. (fig.) to tie
down. 4. to connect, to tie together (ideas,
etc.). 5. to fade in (cine).
encajar v.t. 1. to insert, to fit (into). 2. to join, to fit
together. 3. to house, to encase. 4. to get in,
to put in (comentario). 5. to give, to deal. 6. to
shoot (disparar). 7. to force someone to listen
to something. v.i. 8. to fit (well o properly). 9.
(fig.) to fit, to correspond, to square. v.r. 10. to
squeeze in. 11. (fam.) to gatecrash.
encaje s. 1. insertion, fitting. 2. fitting together
(unión). 3. cavity (hueco). 4. groove (ranura).
5. MEC. housing. 6. lace (tejido). 7. inlay,
mosaic.
encajonado, da s. 1. coffer-dam (dique). 2. mud
wall. adj. 3. hemmed in, boxed in.
encajonar v.t. 1. to crate, to box, to pack (meter
en cajas). 2. to squeeze in (meter en parte
estrecha). 3. to shutter. v.i. 4. (Am.) to run
through a narrow place (río).
encalar v.t. 1. to whitewash. 2. to lime.
encalado s. 1. whitewashing (paredes). 2.
whitening (pieles). 3. liming.
encalador, ra s. whitewasher.
encalladero s. 1. MAR. sandbank (arena). 2.
MAR. reef (coral).
encallar v.i. 1. MAR. to run aground. 2. to
founder (negocio).
encallecerse v.pron. 1. MED. to become
callused (piel). 2. to harden (endurecer).
3. to harden. 4. to become hardhearted or
unfeeling.
encalmar v.t. 1. to calm, to pacify. v.r. 2. to calm
down. 3. to become calm (tiempo). 4. to drop
(viento).
encalvecer v.i. to go o become bald.
encamar v.t. 1. (Am.) to take to hospital, to
hospitalize. 2. (Am.) to bed down. v.i. 3. to
take to one’s bed. v.r. 4. (Am.) to go to bed
with someone (acostarse con alguien). 5. to
be flattened.
encaminar v.t. 1. to show the way, to guide,
to put on the right road. 2. to route (viaje,
vehículo, etc.). 3. to direct, to channel
(esfuerzos). v.r. 4. to head for, to make one’s
way towards. 5. to be aimed at something.
encampanar v.t. 1. (Am.) to raise (elevar). 2.
(Am.) to leave in the lurch, to leave in a jam.
3. to send someone to. v.r. 4. (Am.) to boast,
to brag (presumir). 5. to fall in love. 6. (Am.) to
get into a jam (meterse en un lío).
encandilar v.t. 1. to dazzle (deslumbrar). 2.
to bewilder. 3. to poke (fuego). 4. to fire, to
stimulate (emoción). 5. (Am.) to deprive of
sleep. v.r. 6. to glitter, to sparkle (ojos). 7.
(Am.) to get scared (tener miedo).
encanecimiento s. greying.
encanecer v.i. y pron. 1. to go grey. 2. to go grey,
to look old (una persona). 3. to go mouldy
(enmohecer).
encanijamiento s. weakening.
encanijarse v.r. 1. to grow/become weak. 2. to
become puny (ponerse flaco).
encantado, da adj. 1. delighted, pleased,
charmed. 2. haunted (casa). 3. bewitched. 4.
absent-minded. 5. yo, encantado, it’s alright
with me.
encantador, ra adj. 1. charming, delightful.
2. bewitching. s.c. 3. charmer, enchanter
(hombre). 4. enchantress (mujer). 5. ~ de
serpientes, snake charmer.
encantamiento s. 1. spell, curse. 2. spell,
charm, incantation (invocación). 3. magic. 4.
enchantment, delight (encanto).
encantar v.t. 1. to love. 2. to delight. 3. to
bewitch, to cast a spell on (hechizar).
encañado s. 1. pipe, conduit, tubing. 2. drainage
pipe o tube (desagüe).
encañar v.t. 1. to pipe (agua). 2. to prop up
(planta). 3. to drain.
encañonar v.t. 1. to point at, to aim at (con
arma). 2. to pipe (agua). 3. to channel
(encauzar). v.i. 4. to grow feathers, to fledge
(aves).
encapillar v.t. 1. to hood (un ave). 2. MAR. to rig.
encapotado, da adj. overcast.
encapotadura s. 1. clouding over. 2. frown. 3.
cloudiness (nubosidad).
encapotar v.t. 1. to cloak, to put a cloak on. v.r.
2. to put one’s cloak on. 3. to cloud over, to
become overcast (nublarse). 4. to frown.
encapricharse v.r. 1. to set one’s mind on. 2.
to become infatuated with, to become mad
about (enamorarse). 3. to take a fancy to
(encariñarse).
encapuchar v.t. 1. to hood, to put a hood on. v.r.
2. to put one’s hood on.
encarado, da adj. 1. bien ~, good-looking, nice-
looking. 2. mal ~, bad looking, nasty-looking.
encaramar v.t. 1. to raise, to lift up (levantar).
2. to put high up (poner alto). 3. to praise,
to extol (alabar). 4. to promote. 5. (Am.) to
embarrass. v.r. 6. to climb (subir). 7. to reach a
high position. 8. (Am.) to get embarrassed. 9.
(Am.) to blush.
encarar v.t. 1. to face (up to), to confront
(dificultad). 2. to aim, to point at (arma). v.r.
3. to face (up to), to confront. 4. to be faced o
confronted with.
encarcelación s. imprisonment, incarceration.
encarcelar v.t. 1. to imprison, to put into prison,
(p.u.) to incarcerate. 2. TEC. to clamp
(madera). 3. to embed in mortar o cement.
encarecer v.t. 1. to put up the price of, to make
more expensive. 2. to recommend, to urge. 3.
to praise, to extol. 4. to stress, to emphasize.
v.i. y r. 5. to go up in price, to get dearer.
encarecidamente adv. 1. earnestly (seriamente).
2. insistently.
encarecimiento s. 1. rise in price, price rise or
increase. 2. extolling (alabanza). 3. stressing,
emphasizing. 4. con ~, insistently.
encargado, da s. 1. the one o person in charge.
2. manager (de un negocio). 3. employee,
attendant (empleado). 4. agent, representative
(representante). adj. 5. in charge. 6. ~ de
la recepción, chief receptionist. 7. ~ de
relaciones públicas, head public-relations
officer.
encargar v.t. 1. to put in charge. 2. to entrust. 3.
to order. 4. to have made. 5. to ask (pedir).
v.r. 6. to take charge of, to take responsibility.
7. to take care of, to see about. 8. to be in
charge of . 9. to order, to have made.
encariñarse v.r. to grow fond, to get attached.
encarnación s. 1. incarnation. 2. flesh colour.
encarnado, da adj. 1. incarnate. 2. MED.
ingrowing (uña). 3. red, blood-red (color). 4.
ruddy. 5. flesh-coloured.
encarnadura s. MED. wound (herida).
encarnamiento s. MED. healing, closing up.
encarnizado, da adj. 1. bloody, bitter, fierce
(batalla, etc.). 2. MED. red, inflamed. 3. MED.
blood-shot (ojo).
encarnizamiento s. bitterness, cruelty,
fierceness.
encarnizar v.t. 1. to brutalize, to make brutal
o fierce. v.r. 2. to become fierce o savage
(batalla). 3. to treat cruelly, to be cruel. 4. to
get furious. 5. encarnizarse en la lucha, to
fight bitterly.
encaro s. 1. stare, staring, gaze. 2. HIST.
blunderbuss (arma). 3. aim (puntería).
encarrilar o encarrillar v.t. 1. to put back on the
rails. 2. to put on the right road (orientar). 3. to
direct, to guide. 4. ~ bien/ mal un asunto, to
get off to a bad start.
encarroñar v.t. 1. to rot. v.r. 2. to decay, to rot.
encartar v.t. 1. to enrol, to register, to enter
(lista). 2. to involve, to implicat. 3. to insert
(insertar). 4. DER. to summon. 5. to outlaw,
to make illegal. v.i. 6. to fit in, to go. v.r. 7. to
lead (naipes).
encarte s. 1. lead (naipes). 2. order of the cards.
encartonar v.t. to cover with cardboard.
encartuchar v.t. to roll up into a cone, to make
a cone of.
encasillado, da adj. 1. typecast (actor) s. 2.
typecast actor. 3. grid, squares, table. 4.
pigeonholes.
encasillar v.t. 1. to set out in a table, to tabulate.
2. to pigeonhole (distribuir en casillas). 3. to
classify (clasificar). 4. to typecast (actor). 5. to
designate as a government candidate. v.r. 6.
to limit oneself (limitarse).
encasquetar v.t. 1. to pull on, to pull down tight
(sombrero). 2. to put into someone’s head
(persuadir). v.r. 3. to put on, to pull down tight
(sombrero). 4. to get something into one’s
head.
encasquillar v.t. 1. (Am.) to shoe (caballo). 2. to
put a tip on. v.r. 3. to jam (arma). 4. (Am.) to
lose one’s nerve.
encastillado, da adj. 1. fortified (fortificado).
2. obstinate (obstinado). 3. haughty, lofty
(soberbio). 4. ARQ. castellated.
encastillar v.t. 1. to pile, to pile up (apilar). 2.
TEC. to erect scaffolding around something.
v.r. 4. to take refuge in a castle. 5. to stick to
one’s opinion.
encastrar v.t. 1. to embed, to set in. 2. MEC. to
mesh, to engage.
encauzar v.t. 1. to channel. 2. to guide, to direct.
encauzamiento s. 1. channelling (de aguas). 2.
guidance, orientation (orientación).
encefalitis s. MED. encephalitis.
encefalalgia s. MED. cephalalgia, (fam.)
headache.
encefálico, ca adj. MED. encephalic.
encéfalo s. MED. encephalon.
encefalograma s. MED. encephalogram,
encephalograph.
encelado, da s. a jealous person.
encelar v.t. 1. to make someone jealous. v.pron.
2. to become jealous. 3. to go on heat (los
animales).
encenagado, da adj. 1. muddy (lleno de barro).
2. silted up. 3. bogged down, stuck in the mud