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incagliare

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Italian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish encallar.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /in.kaʎˈʎa.re/
    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: in‧ca‧glià‧re

    Verb

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    incagliàre (first-person singular present incàglio, first-person singular past historic incagliài, past participle incagliàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

    1. (transitive) to hinder, to obstruct
    2. (intransitive, nautical) to run aground [auxiliary essere]
    3. (intransitive, figurative) to stop, to jam, to get stuck (of work, a discussion, etc.) [auxiliary essere]
    4. (Rome, reflexive) to notice

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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    • incagliare”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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