# enquistar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From en- +‎ quiste +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /enkisˈtaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kisˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: en‧quis‧tar

### Verb

enquistar (first-person singular present enquisto, first-person singular preterite enquisté, past participle enquistado)
* (transitive) to isolate, to seal off
** 2015 July 28, “Mas en otoño, Rajoy en invierno”, in El País‎:Es social y político pero, en España, está sobre todo enquistado en la Administración de un Estado en el que no ha cuajado una tradición de servicio público neutro políticamente.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | enquistar | enquistar | enquistar | enquistar | enquistar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | enquistando | enquistando | enquistando | enquistando | enquistando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | enquistado | enquistado | enquistada | enquistada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | enquistados | enquistados | enquistadas | enquistadas |
| | | 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 | enquisto | enquistas$^{tú}$ enquistás$^{vos}$ | enquista | enquistamos | enquistáis | enquistan |
| indicative | imperfect | enquistaba | enquistabas | enquistaba | enquistábamos | enquistabais | enquistaban |
| indicative | preterite | enquisté | enquistaste | enquistó | enquistamos | enquistasteis | enquistaron |
| indicative | future | enquistaré | enquistarás | enquistará | enquistaremos | enquistaréis | enquistarán |
| indicative | conditional | enquistaría | enquistarías | enquistaría | enquistaríamos | enquistaríais | enquistarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | enquiste | enquistes$^{tú}$ enquistés$^{vos2}$ | enquiste | enquistemos | enquistéis | enquisten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | enquistara | enquistaras | enquistara | enquistáramos | enquistarais | enquistaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | enquistase | enquistases | enquistase | enquistásemos | enquistaseis | enquistasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | enquistare | enquistares | enquistare | enquistáremos | enquistareis | enquistaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | enquista$^{tú}$ enquistá$^{vos}$ | enquiste | enquistemos | enquistad | enquisten |
| imperative | negative | | no enquistes | no enquiste | no enquistemos | no enquistéis | no enquisten |
$^1$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

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