encaje

See also: encajé

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /enˈkaxe/ [ẽŋˈka.xe]
Rhymes: -axe
Syllabification: en‧ca‧je

Etymology 1

Deverbal from encajar (“to insert”).

Noun

encaje m (plural encajes)

fitting
lace (in a garment, material, etc.)
Synonym: blonda

Derived terms

encaje de bolillos
encaje de mar
ley del encaje

Verb

encaje

inflection of encajar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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