encravar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From en- +‎ cravo +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === === Verb === encravar (first-person singular present encravo, first-person singular preterite encravei, past participle encravado) (transitive) to stick into (to push something pointy into something such that it becomes stuck) Synonyms: cravar, fincar (transitive) to nail; to nail down (to attach something with nails) Synonym: pregar (transitive) to encrust (to inset gems or similar into an object) Synonym: incrustar (intransitive, of a toenail or hair) to become ingrown ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== cravo encravado === Further reading === “encravar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “encravar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026