encofrado

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Spanish cofre

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish encofrar

Spanish -ado

Spanish encofrado

From encofrar + -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enkoˈfɾado/ [ẽŋ.koˈfɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: en‧co‧fra‧do

Noun

encofrado m (plural encofrados)

1. formwork, (UK) shuttering

Derived terms

• encofrador

Participle

encofrado (feminine encofrada, masculine plural encofrados, feminine plural encofradas)

1. past participle of encofrar

Further reading

• “encofrado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “encofrado” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.