encestar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ cesta (“basket”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sesˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sesˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sesˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sesˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sesˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sesˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sesˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʃˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seʃˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʃˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.sesˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨʃˈta.ɾi/

Verb

encestar (first-person singular present encesto, first-person singular preterite encestei, past participle encestado)

1. to throw something into a basket
2. (basketball) to score a basket
3. to punch out (to repeatedly hit someone or something)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encestar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	encestar
Personal	encestar	encestares	encestar	encestarmos	encestardes	encestarem
Gerund
	encestando
Past participle
Masculine	encestado			encestados
Feminine	encestada			encestadas
Indicative
Present	encesto	encestas	encesta	encestamos	encestais	encestam
Imperfect	encestava	encestavas	encestava	encestávamos	encestáveis	encestavam
Preterite	encestei	encestaste	encestou	encestamos1, encestámos2	encestastes	encestaram
Pluperfect	encestara	encestaras	encestara	encestáramos	encestáreis	encestaram
Future	encestarei	encestarás	encestará	encestaremos	encestareis	encestarão
Conditional	encestaria	encestarias	encestaria	encestaríamos	encestaríeis	encestariam
Subjunctive
Present	enceste	encestes	enceste	encestemos	encesteis	encestem
Imperfect	encestasse	encestasses	encestasse	encestássemos	encestásseis	encestassem
Future	encestar	encestares	encestar	encestarmos	encestardes	encestarem
Imperative
Affirmative		encesta	enceste	encestemos	encestai	encestem
Negative (não)		não encestes	não enceste	não encestemos	não encesteis	não encestem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• cesta
• cesto
• encestador
• encestamento

 

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ cesto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enθesˈtaɾ/ [ẽn̟.θesˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ensesˈtaɾ/ [ẽn.sesˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ces‧tar

Verb

encestar (first-person singular present encesto, first-person singular preterite encesté, past participle encestado)

1. to score a basket

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			encestar
gerund			encestando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encestado		encestada
		plural		encestados		encestadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	encesto	encestastú encestásvos	encesta	encestamos	encestáis	encestan
	imperfect	encestaba	encestabas	encestaba	encestábamos	encestabais	encestaban
	preterite	encesté	encestaste	encestó	encestamos	encestasteis	encestaron
	future	encestaré	encestarás	encestará	encestaremos	encestaréis	encestarán
	conditional	encestaría	encestarías	encestaría	encestaríamos	encestaríais	encestarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enceste	encestestú encestésvos2	enceste	encestemos	encestéis	encesten
	imperfect (ra)	encestara	encestaras	encestara	encestáramos	encestarais	encestaran
	imperfect (se)	encestase	encestases	encestase	encestásemos	encestaseis	encestasen
	future1	encestare	encestares	encestare	encestáremos	encestareis	encestaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		encestatú encestávos	enceste	encestemos	encestad	encesten
	negative		no encestes	no enceste	no encestemos	no encestéis	no encesten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of encestar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive encestar
	dative	encestarme	encestarte	encestarle, encestarse	encestarnos	encestaros	encestarles, encestarse
	accusative	encestarme	encestarte	encestarlo, encestarla, encestarse	encestarnos	encestaros	encestarlos, encestarlas, encestarse
with gerund encestando
	dative	encestándome	encestándote	encestándole, encestándose	encestándonos	encestándoos	encestándoles, encestándose
	accusative	encestándome	encestándote	encestándolo, encestándola, encestándose	encestándonos	encestándoos	encestándolos, encestándolas, encestándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative encesta
	dative	encéstame	encéstate	encéstale	encéstanos	not used	encéstales
	accusative	encéstame	encéstate	encéstalo, encéstala	encéstanos	not used	encéstalos, encéstalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative encestá
	dative	encestame	encestate	encestale	encestanos	not used	encestales
	accusative	encestame	encestate	encestalo, encestala	encestanos	not used	encestalos, encestalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enceste
	dative	encésteme	not used	encéstele, encéstese	encéstenos	not used	encésteles
	accusative	encésteme	not used	encéstelo, encéstela, encéstese	encéstenos	not used	encéstelos, encéstelas
with first-person plural imperative encestemos
	dative	not used	encestémoste	encestémosle	encestémonos	encestémoos	encestémosles
	accusative	not used	encestémoste	encestémoslo, encestémosla	encestémonos	encestémoos	encestémoslos, encestémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative encestad
	dative	encestadme	not used	encestadle	encestadnos	encestaos	encestadles
	accusative	encestadme	not used	encestadlo, encestadla	encestadnos	encestaos	encestadlos, encestadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative encesten
	dative	encéstenme	not used	encéstenle	encéstennos	not used	encéstenles, encéstense
	accusative	encéstenme	not used	encéstenlo, encéstenla	encéstennos	not used	encéstenlos, encéstenlas, encéstense

Derived terms

• encestador

 

Further reading

• “encestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16