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to lock up, to coop up; to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail (in a prison or mental hospital); to enclose, to confine, to immure; to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail; to stalemate
encerrona
noun, feminine
ambush, frame, trap; private bullfight; oral exam on a topic after having been put in an isolated room to prepare
to turf (to cover with grass or sod; to plant (a lawn))
encestador
adjective
scoring baskets
encestador
noun, masculine
scorer
to score a basket
synonym of encentar
to handcuff; to cuff; to clamp (a car)
enchanclado
adjective
sandalled
to veneer
to pave
enchaquetado
adjective
jacketed
enchaquirado
adjective
banded (said of certain species of animal)
encharcamiento
noun, masculine
flooding
to sodden; to soak; to drench (to make or become very wet)
to confuse, to puzzle; to confuse oneself
(reflexive of enchichar) to get drunk on chicha; to become angry
enchilada
noun, feminine
a meal consisting of tortillas cooked in a chile sauce, comes in several variations; a kind of spicy empanada sold in bakeries
enchilado
adjective
affected by hot chile, e.g. with a red face and irritated eyes and nose
to add chile (to something); to sting; to become red in the face (due to chile consumption)
to pave (with pebbles); to curl (hair); to get goosebumps
to corral, to pen
to imprison, incarcerate
enchochado
adjective
infatuated, having a crush on; having the hots for
enchompado
adjective
wearing a sweater
to cause to bend
enchufable
adjective
plug-in, pluggable
enchufado
noun, masculine
a person who had obtained his job by influence or recommendation, not for his own merits because has connections or friends in high places
to plug in; to pull strings (to use connections instead of merit to obtain something)
enchufe
noun, masculine
plug (a pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one); socket, jack, electrical outlet (an opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket); connections (influence allowing one to obtain something, especially giving an unfair advantage over others)
enchufismo
noun, masculine
cronyism, nepotism, string pulling, getting a job by having friends in high places, to have connections
enchufista
noun, masculine/feminine
wirepuller; person with friends in high places
to plug in
to fuck; get one's end away
only used in se enchula, third-person singular present indicative of enchularse
only used in se ... enchulando, syntactic variant of enchulándose, gerund of enchularse
used in se ... enchular, syntactic variant of enchularse; to adorn, to beautify
to become a ruffian; to become someone's bitch
only used in me enchule, first-person singular present subjunctive of enchularse
only used in nos enchulemos, first-person plural present subjunctive of enchularse
only used in se enchulen, third-person plural present subjunctive of enchularse
to drench
enciclopedia
noun, feminine
encyclopedia
enciclopedismo
noun, masculine
encyclopedism
enciclopedista
noun, masculine/feminine
encyclopedist
encyclopedically
encyclopaedic, encyclopedic
encierre
noun, masculine
synonym of encierro
encierro
noun, masculine
confinement, enclosure; reclusion; prison; sit-in (protest); bull run, encierro
encima
adverb
on top of something; above something; on oneself; additionally; nevertheless, still
encima
preposition
on top of, (loosely) above
encima de
preposition
on, on top of
on top of that
to put up; to store high up; to raise the stakes; to lie above; to be situated above
encimera
noun, feminine
worktop, counter (especially in a kitchen)
encimista
noun, masculine/feminine
a bullfighter who fights close to the bull's head
encina
noun, feminine
holm oak, live oak, evergreen oak
encinar
noun, masculine
live oak grove
encino bravo
noun, masculine
Texas live oak, Quercus fusiformis.
encino molino
noun, masculine
Texas live oak, Quercus fusiformis.