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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish encallar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.kaʎˈʎa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: in‧ca‧glià‧re
Verb
incagliàre (first-person singular present incàglio, first-person singular past historic incagliài, past participle incagliàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to hinder, to obstruct
- (intransitive, nautical) to run aground
- (intransitive, figurative) to stop, to jam, to get stuck (of work, a discussion, etc.)
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Further reading
- incagliare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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