enganchar

Attested since 1858. From en- +‎ gancho (“hook”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [eŋɡanˈt͡ʃaɾ]

enganchar (first-person singular present engancho, first-person singular preterite enganchei, past participle enganchado)

1. to hook (to attach or get attached to a hook)
2. to grab, catch

• aganchar (“to climb”)
• gancho (“hook”)
• ganzo (“twig”)

• “enganchar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “enganchar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “enganchar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “enganchar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “enganchar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From en- +‎ gancho +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: en‧gan‧char

enganchar (first-person singular present engancho, first-person singular preterite enganchei, past participle enganchado)

1. to hook (to attach or get attached to a hook)

From en- +‎ gancho +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enɡanˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gan‧char

enganchar (first-person singular present engancho, first-person singular preterite enganché, past participle enganchado)

1. to hook
2. to get (someone) in one's clutches
3. (reflexive, slang) to get high (take drugs)

• “enganchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014