encabestrar
Spanish
Etymology
From en- + cabestro (“halter”) + -ar, or alternatively a Vulgar Latin root *incapistrāre[1], from Latin capistrō, capistrāre. Compare Portuguese encabrestar, Catalan and Occitan encabestrar, French enchevêtrer, Italian incapestrare, Sardinian incrabistare, Romanian încăpăstra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkabesˈtɾar/, [ẽŋkaβesˈt̪ɾar]
Verb
encabestrar (first-person singular present encabestro, first-person singular preterite encabestré, past participle encabestrado)
- to halter (put a halter on)
- Antonym: desencabestrar
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Further reading
- “encabestrar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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