verb/enkaˈxaɾ/
to insert, put into; to fit, to dovetail; to push in; to make sense, add up, be reasonable; to give; to deliver (a hit, punch, kick etc.)
“la Guardia civil en Coteruco, y se le llevara atado, codo con codo, a encajarle un par de balas en la mollera”
Synonyms: cuadrar
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Spanish en- Spanish en- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Catalan caixa Catalan caixabor.? ▲ Latin capsader. Occitan caissabor.? Spanish caja Spanish -ar Spanish encajar From en- + caja + -ar. Compare English encase.