encadenar

From en- +‎ cadena (“chain”) +‎ -ar.

encadenar (first-person singular indicative present encadeno, past participle encadenáu)

1. to chain, put into a chain or chains

From en- +‎ cadena (“chain”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

encadenar (first-person singular present encadeno, first-person singular preterite encadení, past participle encadenat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to chain together
2. (transitive) to put in chains, to shackle
3. (transitive, figurative) to immobilize
4. (transitive) to have a run (of)

   encadenar dos empats consecutius ― have a run of two consecutive draws

5. (pronominal) to follow closely, succeed

   Synonym: succeir-se

• encadenament

• “encadenar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From en- +‎ cadena (“chain”) +‎ -ar. Possibly also corresponds to Vulgar Latin incatēnāre, from Latin catēnāre. Compare Catalan, Catalan encadenar, Portuguese encadear, French enchaîner, Italian incatenare.

• IPA^(key): /enkadeˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ca‧de‧nar

encadenar (first-person singular present encadeno, first-person singular preterite encadené, past participle encadenado)

1. (transitive) to chain, to shackle
2. (transitive) to bind together, connect

• “encadenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10