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to bedeck or attach with ribbons; to bedeck or attach with tape
encinto
adjective
pregnant
enclaustramiento
noun, masculine
isolation in one's home; hermitage
to cloister, hide
enclavamiento
noun, masculine
signalling control
to pierce; to nail
enclave
noun, masculine
enclave
enclenque
adjective
sickly, unhealthy (frequently ill); feeble, weak, delicate, wimpy
to engage the clutch, to put into gear; to seize up (of a clutch); to seize up (of one's brain), to have a brain fart; to hook up (a mechanism)
enclosetado
adjective
in the closet
enclítico
noun, masculine
enclitic
encobijado
adjective
Wrapped up in a blanket; Murdered and left in public, wrapped up in a blanket, as a warning
encocado
noun, masculine
a traditional Ecuadorian dish with coconut and shellfish
to pick up (a passenger in a taxi)
encofrado
noun, masculine
formwork, (UK) shuttering
encofrador
noun, masculine
formworker, formwork carpenter, form setter, (UK) shuttering carpenter
to plank, timber
to shrink; to contract; to intimidate; to shrug; to crouch, to cringe
encogido
adjective
in the dumps
encogimiento
noun, masculine
shrug (of the shoulders); shrinking; shyness
to annoy, anger
to paste, to glue
to anger; to annoy
to fit/slot into place (in an organisation)
encomendable
adjective
synonym of encomiable
encomendación
noun, feminine
entrusting
to entrust; synonym of encomiar
encomendero
noun, masculine
supplier; holder of an encomienda
encomendería
noun, feminine
corner shop; convenience store
obsolete spelling of comenzar
encomiable
adjective
commendable, praiseworthy
commendably; praiseworthily
to praise warmly; to commend formally
encomienda
noun, feminine
parcel; order; encomienda
encomio
noun, masculine
encomium; praise, commendation
encomiástico
adjective
commendatory; praising
synonym of compincharse
angrily
enconado
adjective
bitter; fierce
enconamiento
noun, masculine
inflammation
to inflame, anger; to cause to become inflamed
only used in se enconcha, third-person singular present indicative of enconcharse
only used in os ... enconchad, syntactic variant of enconchaos, second-person plural imperative of enconcharse
only used in se ... enconchando, syntactic variant of enconchándose, gerund of enconcharse
only used in se ... enconchar, syntactic variant of enconcharse
to curl up
only used in me enconche, first-person singular present subjunctive of enconcharse
only used in nos enconchemos, first-person plural present subjunctive of enconcharse
only used in se enconchen, third-person plural present subjunctive of enconcharse
only used in te ... enconchá, syntactic variant of enconchate, second-person singular voseo imperative of enconcharse
encondroma
noun, masculine
enchondroma
encondromatosis
noun, feminine
enchondromatosis
encono
noun, masculine
rancor; spite
encontradizo
adjective
what one encounters frequently
encontrado
adjective
found; facing; opposite; conflicting; opposing
to meet; to find, encounter, come across; to meet, bump into; to think, consider, find; to manage (to do something)
to meet one's match
encontronazo
noun, masculine
shock, shocking event; run-in; collision, crash
encontrón
noun, masculine
synonym of encontronazo
to elevate; to be conceited