encabar

From Spanish encabar, from en- +‎ cabo (“end; handle”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [eŋkaˈβaɾ]

encabar (first-person singular present encabo, first-person singular preterite encabei, past participle encabado)

1. (transitive) to put a handle on (a tool)
2. (transitive) to plait (garlics, onions, corncobs, or other vegetables) together
3. (transitive) to bait a fishing rod

   Synonym: iscar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “encabar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “encabar”, 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), “encabar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “encabar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From en- +‎ cabo +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enkaˈbaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ca‧bar

encabar (first-person singular present encabo, first-person singular preterite encabé, past participle encabado)

1. to put an end on (a tool)

• “encabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28