enganchar

Attested since 1858. From en- +‎ gancho (“hook”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key):

enganchar (first-person singular present engancho, first-person singular preterite enganchei, past participle enganchado)

1. to hook (to attach or get attached to a hook)
2. to grab, catch

• aganchar (“to climb”)
• gancho (“hook”)
• ganzo (“twig”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enganchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enganchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enganchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enganchar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enganchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From en- +‎ gancho +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: en‧gan‧char

enganchar (first-person singular present engancho, first-person singular preterite enganchei, past participle enganchado)

1. to hook (to attach or get attached to a hook)

From en- +‎ gancho +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enɡanˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gan‧char

enganchar (first-person singular present engancho, first-person singular preterite enganché, past participle enganchado)

1. to hook
2. to get (someone) in one's clutches
3. (reflexive, slang) to get high (take drugs)
4. (transitive, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic) to trick or deceive (someone)

• “enganchar”, 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
• “enganchar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010