encaminar

See also: encamiñar

Catalan

Etymology

en- +‎ camí +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.kə.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ka.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

encaminar (first-person singular present encamino, first-person singular preterite encaminí, past participle encaminat)

1. (transitive) to direct, to guide
2. (transitive, figurative) to put on the right track
3. (reflexive) to head towards

Further reading

• “encaminar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “encaminar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “encaminar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “encaminar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Etymology

en- +‎ camino +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enkamiˈnaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ka.miˈnaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to direct, to guide
2. (transitive, figurative) to put on the right track
3. (reflexive) to be on the right track
4. (reflexive) to head towards

Further reading

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