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(atascado). 4. (fig.) sunk, depraved.
encenagarse v.r. 1. to get muddy (llenarse de
barro). 2. to get bogged down (atascarse). 3.
to become boggy, to become muddy (terreno).
4. to silt up (puerto). 5. to wallow, to sink.
encendedor, ra adj. 1. lighting. s. 2. lighter
(mechero). 3. lamplighter.
encender v.t. 1. to light. 2. to ignite. 3. to strike,
to light (cerilla). 4. to set fire to, to set on fire,
to set alight (prender fuego a). 5. to switch on,
to turn on, to put on (radio, luz, etc.). 6. to stir
up, to provoke (pasiones, conflicto, etc.). 7. to
arouse (entusiasmo). 8. to spark off (guerra).
r. 9. (Am.) to beat (golpear). v.r. 10. to catch
fire. 11. to light. 12. to light up (cara). 13. to
blush, to go red (ponerse colorado). 14. to
break out (conflicto).
encendido, da adj. 1. lit. 2. on, switched on. 3.
alight, on fire (ardiendo). 4. bright red (rojo).
6. flushed, red). 7. purple (la cara). s. 8. MEC.
ignition. 9. lighting. 10. firing (cohete).
encendimiento s. 1. burning. 2. ardour, passion.
3. redness. 4. blushing (cara).
encerado, da adj. 1. waxed, polished (suelo,
mueble). 2. waxy, wax-coloured (de
apariencia). s. 3. waxing, polishing. 4. wax
(capa de cera). 5. oilcloth (tela contra la
humedad). 6. blackboard (pizarra). 7. MED.
plaster. 8. oilskin (prenda).
encerar v.t. 1. to wax, to polish 2. to thicken.
encercar v.t. (Am.) to encircle.
encerradero s. pen, fold.
encerramiento s. confinement.
encerrar v.t. 1. to shut in, to shut up. 2. to lock
in, to lock up. 3. to put under lock and key
(guardar bajo llave). 4. to include, to contain.
5. to contain. 6. to involve. v.r. 7. to shut
oneself in. 8. to go into seclusion or retreat
(aislamiento). 9. to live in a convent (retirarse
a un convento). 10. encerrarse en una idea,
to stick to an idea. 11. encerrarse en sí
mismo, to go into one’s shell.
encerrona s. 1. seclusion, retreat. 2. ambush
(emboscada). 4. trap (trampa).
encestar v.t. e i. 1. DEP. to score o make a
basket (baloncesto). 2. to put into baskets.
enceste s. DEP. basket.
enchapinado, da adj. ARQ. built over vaults.
encharcar v.t. 1. to flood, to waterlog (inundar).
2. to cover with puddles. v.r. 3. to become
flooded or waterlogged (inundarse). 4. to
become covered with puddles. 5. to form
puddles. 6. (Am.) to get muddy (llenarse
de barro). 7. (Am.) to get stuck in a puddle
(quedarse atascado en un charco).
enchilada s. (Am.) filled pancake seasoned with
chili.
enchilar v.t. 1. (Am.) to season with chili. 2.
(Am.) to annoy. 3. (Am.) to disappoint. v.i. 4.
(Am.) to sting, to burn (escocer, picar). v.r. 5.
(Am.) to become angry (enfadarse).
enchinar v.t. (Am.) (fam.) to curl.
enchinchar v.t. (Am.) (fam.) to annoy, to pester.
enchiquerar v.t. 1. (Am.) to pen, to corral
(encorralar). 2. (fig. y fam.) to put in the nick
(encarcelar).
enchironar v.t. (fam.) to put in the nick
(encarcelar).
enchufar v.t. 1. ELEC. to plug in, to connect. 2.
to fit together, to couple. 3. COM. to merge. 4.
(fig. y fam.) to pull strings. v.r. 5. (fam.) to find
oneself a cushy job.
enchufe s. 1. ELEC. plug (macho). 2. ELEC.
socket, point, plug (hembra). 3. TEC. joint,
connection. 4. (fig. y fam.) string-pulling.
enchufismo s. (fig. y fam.) string-pulling, use of
contacts.
enchufista s. (fig. y fam.) string-puller.
encía s. MED. gum.
encíclica s. encyclical.
enciclopedia s. encyclopedia, encyclopaedia.
enciclopédico, ca adj. encyclopedic,
encyclopaedic, encyclopedical,
encyclopaedical.
encierro s. 1. confinement. 2. shutting in,
shutting up (casa). 3. DEP. driving of the bulls
into the pen before a bullfight. 4. seclusion
(retiro). 5. penning (de ganado).
encima adv. 1. above. 2. on top. 3. overhead,
above. 4. superficially, not in depth. 5.
imminent. 6. on one, about one. 7. besides, in
addition. 8. on top of that, (fam.) to cap it all. 9.
de ~, on top. 10. echarse ~, to throw oneself
onto or at (atacar). 11. por ~, above (sobre),
over, overhead. 12. por ~ de, above, beyond.
13. por ~ de todo, above all (sobre todo). 14.
quitarse de ~, to get rid of (alguna cosa); to
get rid of, to shake off (persona).
encimar v.t. 1. to put on top (poner encima). 2.
(Am.) to throw in, to give as a bonus, to put in
as an extra (añadir). 3. to add to. v.r. 4. to rise
(subirse).
encimero, ra adj. 1. top. s. 2. (Am.) leather
saddle cover. 3. hob (cocina).
encina s. BOT. holm oak, ilex, evergreen oak.
encinal o encinar s. grove of holm oaks.
encinta adj. 1. pregnant. 2. ZOOL. with young. 3.
mujer ~, pregnant woman, expectant mother.
4. dejar a una ~, to get a woman pregnant.
encintado, da adj. 1. edged. s. 2. kerb,
kerbstone.
encintar v.t. 1. to put a ribbon on. 2. to kerb, to
put a kerb on (acera).
enclaustrar v.t. 1. to cloister, to send to a
convent. 2. (fig.) to hide away. v.r. 3. to shut
oneself in.
enclavar v.t. 1. to nail (clavar). 2. to situate,
to place, to locate (situar). 3. to enclave
(territorio). 4. to transfix (atravesar de parte en
parte). 5. to trick (engañar).
enclave s. 1. POL. enclave. 2. small area,
isolated area, (p.u.) enclave (territorio).
enclenque adj. 1. weak, sickly. 2. skinny,
scrawny.
enclítico, ca adj. GRAM. enclitic.
encofrado s. TEC. 1. shuttering. 2. timbering.
encofrar v.t. 1. TEC. to put up shuttering. 2. to
timber, to plank.
encoger v.i. 1. to shrink. v.t. 2. to shrink
(estrechar). 3. MED. to contract. 4. to
intimidate (intimidar). v.r. 5. to shrink (prenda).
6. (fig.) to cringe (acobardarse). 7. encogerse
de hombros, to shrug one’s shoulders.
encogido, da adj. 1. shrunken (tela, prenda,
etc.). 2. shrivelled (hoja, etc.). 3. shy, timid,
bashful (tímido). 4. hunched. 5. in knots.
encogimiento s. 1. shrinkage. 2. hunching. 3.
(fig.) timidness, bashfulness, shyness. 4.
shrug.
encolar v.t. 1. to glue, to gum, to paste, to stick.
2. to size. 3. to clarify (vinos).
encolerizar v.t. 1. to infuriate, to anger. v.r. 2. to
get angry, to become infurated.
encomendar v.t. 1. to entrust, to commend
(confiar). 2. to commend. v.r. 3. to commend
oneself, to entrust oneself, to put oneself in
the hands of somebody.
encomendero s. 1. (Am.) grocer (tendero). 2.
(Am.) wholesale meat supplier.
encomiasta s. praiser, extoller, eulogist.
encomienda s. 1. assignment (encargo). 2.
HIST. concession, holding. 3. (Am.) parcel
(paquete). 4. ~ postal, (Am.) postal package.
encomiar v.t. to praise, to extol (alabar).
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encomio s. praise, eulogy.
encomiástico, ca adj. eulogistic, laudatory.
enconamiento s. MED. 1. inflammation. 2.
infection (infección).
enconar v.t. 1. MED. to inflame (inflamar). 2.
MED. to infect (infectar). 3. to anger. v.r. 4.
MED. to become inflamed. 5. MED. to become
infected. 6. to get angry.
encono s. 1. rancour, spitefulness (rencor). 2.
ill-feeling, bad blood. 3. fierceness. 4. (Am.)
MED. inflammation (inflamación).
encontradizo, za adj. met by chance.
encontrado, da adj. opposing, contrary.
encontrar v.t. 1. to find. 2. to meet, to run into,
to bump into. 3. to come across, to find.
4. to find, to come across, to encounter
(dificultades). 5. to see. v.r. 6. to meet, to
bump into, to meet each other. 7. to be (estar).
8. to feel, to be. 9. to be, to be situated, to
stand (estar situado). 10. to find oneself.
encontrón o encontronazo s. collision, crash,
smash.
encopetado, da adj. 1. conceited, haughty, (fig.)
high and mighty. 2. of high social position,
upper class. 3. important, prominent.
encopetarse v.pron. to get or become conceited.
encorajar v.t. 1. to encourage. v.pron. 2. to get
angry.
encorajinar v.t. 1. to provoke, to make someone
angry. v.r. 2. to get angry, to lose one’s temper.
encorchar v.t. 1. to bottle (botella). 2. to hive
(abejas).
encordadura s. MÚS. strings (cuerdas).
encordar v.t. 1. MÚS. y DEP. to string. 2. to
rope off. v.r. 3. to rope up, to rope oneselves
together (alpinismo).
encornado, da adj. 1. horned. 2. un toro bien ~,
a well-horned bull.
encornadura s. 1. horns (toro). 2. antlers.
encorsetado, da adj. conceited, haughty, (fig.)
high and mighty (presumido).
encorsetar v.t. 1. to corset. v.r. 2. to put a corset
on.
encorvado, da adj. 1. curved, bent (doblado). 2.
stooped (por edad). 3. bent over (agachado).
encorvadura o encorvamiento s. 1. bending,
curving. 2. curvature. 3. stoop.
encostrar v.t. 1. to put a crust on (pastel). v.r.
2. to form a crust (pastel). 3. MED. to form a
scab.
encovar v.t. 1. to put someone or something
in a cave. 2. to hide (ocultar). v.r. 3. to make
someone hide. 4. to hide in a cave.
encrespador s. curling tongs (para el pelo).
encrespadura s. curling.
encrespar v.t. 1. to curl (pelo). 2. to make one’s
hair stand on end (erizar el pelo). 3. to ruffle
(plumaje). 4. to irritate, to infuriate (enfurecer).
v.r. 5. to become rough or choppy (mar). 6. to
go curly (el pelo). 7. to stand on end, to bristle
(erizarse el pelo), to get angry, to become
infuriated (enfadarse).
encrestarse v.pron. to raise it’s crest.
encriptar v.t. to encrypt.
encrucijada s. 1. crossroads, junction. 2. (fig.)
crossroads.
encuadernación s. 1. binding. 2. bookbinding. 3.
taller de ~, bindery.
encuadernador, ra s. bookbinder.
encuadernar v.t. 1. to bind. 2. libro sin ~, an
unbound book.
encuadramiento s. 1. frame, framework (límite).
2. framing (cine).
encuadrar v.t. 1. to frame, to put in a frame.
2. to fit, to insert (encajar). 3. to frame. 4. to
incorporate (grupo). 5. MIL. to post.
encubar v.t. 1. to vat (vino). 2. to timber (.