engastar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese castoar, encastoar, engastoar; from en- + caston, probably borrowed from Old French chastun, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *kastô (“box”). Akin to French chaton.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eŋɡasˈtaɾ/
=== Verb ===
engastar (first-person singular present engasto, first-person singular preterite engastei, past participle engastado)
to embed, to enchase
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
gastar (“to carve”) (archaic)
gastallo (“one of several types of clamps”)
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “encastoar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “engastoar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“engastar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “engastar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
engastar (first-person singular present engasto, first-person singular preterite engastei, past participle engastado)
to set, mount (a jewel); to embed, enchase
(figuratively) to introduce, to intercalate
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“engastar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“engastar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /enɡasˈtaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡasˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: en‧gas‧tar
=== Verb ===
engastar (first-person singular present engasto, first-person singular preterite engasté, past participle engastado)
to set, mount (a jewel)
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“engastar”, 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