engastar
Spanish, verb/enɡasˈtaɾ/
engastar is spelled E-N-G-A-S-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engastar is a Spanish verb meaning “to set, mount (a jewel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Meter una cosa en un sitio, de tal modo que quede sujeta y apretada por este”.
What does engastar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to set, mount (a jewel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Meter una cosa en un sitio, de tal modo que quede sujeta y apretada por este 2. En especial, engastar₁ una piedra preciosa en un chatón metálico
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of engastar
- engasto first-person present singular
- engasté first-person preterite singular
- engastado participle past
- engastando gerund
- engastada feminine participle past
- engastados masculine participle past
- engastadas feminine participle past
- engastas indicative informal present
- engastás indicative informal present
- engasta indicative present singular
- engastamos first-person indicative plural
- engastáis indicative plural present
- engastan indicative plural present
- engastaba first-person imperfect indicative
- engastabas imperfect indicative second-person
- engastábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- engastabais imperfect indicative plural
- engastaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engastar?
- /enɡasˈtaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ɡasˈt̪aɾ]
- [ẽŋgasˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engastar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engastar in Spanish?
engastar appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).