encravar

Portuguese

From en- +‎ cravo +‎ -ar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾaˈva(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾaˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾaˈva(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾaˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾaˈva(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾaˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾaˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kɾaˈva(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kɾaˈva(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾɐˈvaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾɐˈbaɾ/ [ẽ.kɾɐˈβaɾ]

encravar (first-person singular present encravo, first-person singular preterite encravei, past participle encravado)

(transitive) to stick into (to push something pointy into something such that it becomes stuck)
Synonyms: cravar, fincar
(transitive) to nail; to nail down (to attach something with nails)
Synonym: pregar
(transitive) to encrust (to inset gems or similar into an object)
Synonym: incrustar
(intransitive, of a toenail or hair) to become ingrown

Conjugation of encravar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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