encabestrar

== Spanish == === Etymology === From en- +‎ cabestro (“halter”) +‎ -ar, or alternatively a Vulgar Latin root *incapistrāre, from Latin capistrāre. Compare Portuguese encabrestar, Catalan and Occitan encabestrar, French enchevêtrer, Italian incapestrare, Sardinian incrabistare, Romanian încăpăstra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enkabesˈtɾaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.β̞esˈt̪ɾaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: en‧ca‧bes‧trar === Verb === encabestrar (first-person singular present encabestro, first-person singular preterite encabestré, past participle encabestrado) to halter (put a halter on) Antonym: desencabestrar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “encabestrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025