engaste
Spanish, noun
engaste is spelled E-N-G-A-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engaste is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “setting, mounting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of engastar. With an accent, engasté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of engastar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de engastar”.
What does engaste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesetting, mounting
- 2
masculinebezel, groove holding a gem, collet
- 3
masculinepearl that is flat on one side and round on the other
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of engastar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de engastar. 2. Cerco metálico que rodea y protege lo que se engasta. 3. Perla llana por un lado y redonda por el otro.
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 engaste
- engastes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is engaste in Spanish?
engaste appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).