# encastar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From earlier encastrar, from Late Latin incastrāre, from castrō (“to prune”). Cognate with Italian incastrare (“to insert, embed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.kəsˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [eŋ.kasˈtaɾ]

### Verb

encastar (first-person singular present encasto, first-person singular preterite encastí, past participle encastat)
* (transitive) to insert, to embed
* (figurative, transitive) to plant, to press up against
** 1965, Jaume Berenguer Amenós, Alexis Zorbàs:Un vell, que vorejava la seixantena, molt alt, magre, d'ulls esbatanats, tenia encastat el nas al vidre i em mirava.An old man, verging on sixty, very tall, thin, wide-eyed, had his nose pressed to the glass and watched me.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | encastar | encastar | encastar | encastar | encastar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | encastant | encastant | encastant | encastant | encastant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | encastat | encastat | encastada | encastada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | encastats | encastats | encastades | encastades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | encasto | encastes | encasta | encastem | encasteu | encasten |
| indicative | imperfect | encastava | encastaves | encastava | encastàvem | encastàveu | encastaven |
| indicative | future | encastaré | encastaràs | encastarà | encastarem | encastareu | encastaran |
| indicative | preterite | encastí | encastares | encastà | encastàrem | encastàreu | encastaren |
| indicative | conditional | encastaria | encastaries | encastaria | encastaríem | encastaríeu | encastarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | encasti | encastis | encasti | encastem | encasteu | encastin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | encastés | encastessis | encastés | encastéssim | encastéssiu | encastessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | encasta | encasti | encastem | encasteu | encastin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no encastis | no encasti | no encastem | no encasteu | no encastin |

#### Derived terms

* encast
* encastat

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Verb

encastar (first-person singular present encasto, first-person singular preterite encasté, past participle encastado)
* to crossbreed (cattle) to improve its cast
** 1856, Fernando Amor, Estudios que sobre la Agricultura en sus varias aplicaciones:200 merinos españoles fueron llevados tambien en 1776 á Francia, los que encastando con los del pais produjeron individuos de lana tan fina(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | encastar | encastar | encastar | encastar | encastar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | encastando | encastando | encastando | encastando | encastando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | encastado | encastado | encastada | encastada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | encastados | encastados | encastadas | encastadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | encasto | encastas$^{tú}$ encastás$^{vos}$ | encasta | encastamos | encastáis | encastan |
| indicative | imperfect | encastaba | encastabas | encastaba | encastábamos | encastabais | encastaban |
| indicative | preterite | encasté | encastaste | encastó | encastamos | encastasteis | encastaron |
| indicative | future | encastaré | encastarás | encastará | encastaremos | encastaréis | encastarán |
| indicative | conditional | encastaría | encastarías | encastaría | encastaríamos | encastaríais | encastarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | encaste | encastes$^{tú}$ encastés$^{vos2}$ | encaste | encastemos | encastéis | encasten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | encastara | encastaras | encastara | encastáramos | encastarais | encastaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | encastase | encastases | encastase | encastásemos | encastaseis | encastasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | encastare | encastares | encastare | encastáremos | encastareis | encastaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | encasta$^{tú}$ encastá$^{vos}$ | encaste | encastemos | encastad | encasten |
| imperative | negative | | no encastes | no encaste | no encastemos | no encastéis | no encasten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “encastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014