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Spanish
Etymology
From en- + caja + -ar. Compare English encase.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enkaˈxaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ca‧jar
Verb
encajar (first-person singular present encajo, first-person singular preterite encajé, past participle encajado)
- to insert, put into
- to fit, to dovetail
- to push in
- to make sense, add up, be reasonable
- Synonym: cuadrar
- to give; to deliver (a hit, punch, kick etc.)
- (intransitive) to fit in
- (reflexive) to fit; squeeze (into)
- (reflexive) to pull on; slip on (clothes)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of encajar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive encajar
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| dative
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encajarme
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encajarte
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encajarle, encajarse
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encajarnos
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encajaros
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encajarles, encajarse
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| accusative
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encajarme
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encajarte
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encajarlo, encajarla, encajarse
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encajarnos
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encajaros
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encajarlos, encajarlas, encajarse
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| with gerund encajando
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| dative
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encajándome
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encajándote
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encajándole, encajándose
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encajándonos
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encajándoos
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encajándoles, encajándose
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| accusative
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encajándome
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encajándote
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encajándolo, encajándola, encajándose
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encajándonos
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encajándoos
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encajándolos, encajándolas, encajándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative encaja
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| dative
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encájame
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encájate
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encájale
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encájanos
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not used
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encájales
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| accusative
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encájame
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encájate
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encájalo, encájala
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encájanos
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not used
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encájalos, encájalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative encajá
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| dative
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encajame
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encajate
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encajale
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encajanos
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not used
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encajales
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| accusative
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encajame
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encajate
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encajalo, encajala
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encajanos
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not used
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encajalos, encajalas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative encaje
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| dative
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encájeme
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not used
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encájele, encájese
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encájenos
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not used
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encájeles
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| accusative
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encájeme
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not used
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encájelo, encájela, encájese
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encájenos
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not used
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encájelos, encájelas
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| with first-person plural imperative encajemos
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| dative
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not used
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encajémoste
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encajémosle
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encajémonos
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encajémoos
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encajémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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encajémoste
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encajémoslo, encajémosla
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encajémonos
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encajémoos
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encajémoslos, encajémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative encajad
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| dative
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encajadme
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not used
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encajadle
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encajadnos
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encajaos
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encajadles
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| accusative
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encajadme
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not used
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encajadlo, encajadla
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encajadnos
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encajaos
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encajadlos, encajadlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative encajen
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| dative
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encájenme
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not used
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encájenle
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encájennos
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not used
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encájenles, encájense
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| accusative
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encájenme
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not used
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encájenlo, encájenla
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encájennos
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not used
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encájenlos, encájenlas, encájense
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