engastar

Etymology

From earlier Galician-Portuguese castoar, encastoar, Galician engastoar; from en- + caston, probably borrowed from Old French chastun, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *kastô (“box”). Akin to French chaton.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eŋɡasˈtaɾ/

Verb

engastar (first-person singular present engasto, first-person singular preterite engastei, past participle engastado)

1. to embed, to enchase.
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 642:

     Et enpos ysto sacou seis copas d'ouro, en que auia X marcos [et] engastoadas en elas muytas pedras preçiosas

     after this he put out six cups of gold, of ten marks, enchased with many gemstones

References

• “encastoar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “engastoar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “engastar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Verb

engastar (first-person singular present indicative engasto, past participle engastado)

1. to set, mount (a jewel); to embed, enchase

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enɡasˈtaɾ/, [ẽŋɡasˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

engastar (first-person singular present engasto, first-person singular preterite engasté, past participle engastado)

1. to set, mount (a jewel)

Further reading

• “engastar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.