# engastar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese castoar, encastoar, engastoar; from en- + caston, probably borrowed from Old French chastun, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *kastô (“box”). Akin to French chaton.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eŋɡasˈtaɾ/

### Verb

engastar (first-person singular present engasto, first-person singular preterite engastei, past participle engastado)
* to embed, to enchase
** 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla., Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 642:Et enpos ysto sacou seis copas d'ouro, en que auia X marcos [et] engastoadas en elas muytas pedras preçiosasafter this he put out six cups of gold, of ten marks, enchased with many gemstones

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* gastar (“to carve”) (archaic)
* gastallo (“one of several types of clamps”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “encastoar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “engastoar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “engastar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “engastar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* ↑ Cf. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “engastar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Verb

engastar (first-person singular present engasto, first-person singular preterite engastei, past participle engastado)
* to set, mount (a jewel); to embed, enchase
* (figuratively) to introduce, to intercalate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /enɡasˈtaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡasˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: en‧gas‧tar

### Verb

engastar (first-person singular present engasto, first-person singular preterite engasté, past participle engastado)
* to set, mount (a jewel)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | engastar | engastar | engastar | engastar | engastar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | engastando | engastando | engastando | engastando | engastando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | engastado | engastado | engastada | engastada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | engastados | engastados | engastadas | engastadas |
| | | 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 | engasto | engastas$^{tú}$ engastás$^{vos}$ | engasta | engastamos | engastáis | engastan |
| indicative | imperfect | engastaba | engastabas | engastaba | engastábamos | engastabais | engastaban |
| indicative | preterite | engasté | engastaste | engastó | engastamos | engastasteis | engastaron |
| indicative | future | engastaré | engastarás | engastará | engastaremos | engastaréis | engastarán |
| indicative | conditional | engastaría | engastarías | engastaría | engastaríamos | engastaríais | engastarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | engaste | engastes$^{tú}$ engastés$^{vos2}$ | engaste | engastemos | engastéis | engasten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | engastara | engastaras | engastara | engastáramos | engastarais | engastaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | engastase | engastases | engastase | engastásemos | engastaseis | engastasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | engastare | engastares | engastare | engastáremos | engastareis | engastaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | engasta$^{tú}$ engastá$^{vos}$ | engaste | engastemos | engastad | engasten |
| imperative | negative | | no engastes | no engaste | no engastemos | no engastéis | no engasten |
$^1$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

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